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PREFACE. 


In   presenting  this  little  work  upon  tobofrcraning 
we  do  so  in  tlie  belief  that  it  will  not  only  be^of  in" 
terest  but  of  practical  value  to  those  desirous  of  par- 
ticipating  in  this  most  exhilarating  and  enjovahlc  of 
all  winter  sports  tinoughout  the  North.     Until  with- 
in the  past  two  or  three  years  tobogganing  has  been 
in  vogue  only  in  Canada  and  in  a  few  New  England 
States    where    the    hilly   character   of   the    country 
afforded  many  natural  slides  to  lovers  of  the  sport. 
In  Russia,  however,  tobogganing  had  long  been   a 
popular    pastime,   notwithstanding  the   fad    thm   a 
large  part  of  that  country  is  as  Hat  and  unbrolTen  as 
are    the  prairie  lands  of  Illinois.      This   inconsider- 
ate  omission   upon    the   part  of  nature  the  Russians 
overcome  by  building   artificial    slides,  and    the  ex- 
ample was  soon  followed  in  several  Canadian  cities, 
it  being  found  that  the  artificial  slides  were  superior 
to  the  natural  in  many  respects.     Since  the  winter  of 
KSS4,  when  a   now  celebrated  slide   was   elected   at 
Saratoga,  tobogganing  over  artificial  slides  has  rapidly 
grown  in  popularity  in   the  United   States,  and  the 
gaily  costumed  tobogganer  at  the  Ice  I'alace  Carnival 
HI  St.  Paul  last  winter  was  among  the  most  conspicu- 
ous and  numerous  of  the  revelers  there.     Last  winter 

(3) 


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4  PHEKACE. 

tohogffaii  clubs  were  organized  in  Chicago  and  sev- 
eral other  places  ill  the  Northern  States,  Orange,  N.J,, 
Boston,  and  Burlington,  Vt.  This  winter  the  organi- 
zation of  several  other  clubs  is  assured,  and  the  con- 
struction of  the  public  slides  upon  the  grounds  of  the 
Chicago  base  ball  club,  New  York  polo  grounds, 
Boston  base  ball  grounds  and  other  private  parks,  as 
well  as  the  construction  upon  a  larger  scale  than  ever 
of  the  slides  at  St.  Paul,  presage  a  period  of  popu- 
larity for  tobogganing  in  the  Nortii  tiiat  will  eventu- 
ally make  it  the  national  winter  pastime  of  Ameri- 
cans,  just  as  base  ball  has  become  the  national 
summer  pastime.  In  the  fodowing  pages  we  have 
attempted,  through  description  and  illustration,  to 
familiarize  the  reader  with  the  sport  as  it  has  been 
and  is  now  enjoyed  in  Montreal,  Quebec,  Saratoga, 
St.  Paul  and  throughout  the  New  England  States, 
and  as  it  must  very  soon  come  to  be  participated  in  in 
all  Northern  cities  in  the  United  States  where  the 
snow  falls  to  any  depth. 

The  Publishers. 


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{JO  niul  sev- 
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the  organi- 
11(1  the  coii- 
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lo  ffrounds, 
te  parks,  as 
le  than  ever 
id  of  popu- 
vill  cventu- 
;  of  Anieri- 
le  national 
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stration,  to 
it  lias  been 
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land  States, 
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where  the 

LISIIERS. 


THE  TOBOGGAN. 

I. 

TOnOGGANING  — A  ItlUKK  SKKTCH  OF  THE  OKOWTH 
AND  POPLTLAHITV  OK  THE  SPORT  —  AR  .IFICtAI. 
SLIDES-  HOW  TMKV  ARE  CONSTRUCTED  AND 
OPERATED. 

"Toboggan."  A  queer  term  to  be  sure,  but  the 
language  of  the  American  abounds  in  queer  terms 
that  are  merely  '.orrupHons  of  words  from  other 
languages,  and  in  distorting  the  Indian  word  oda- 
hagga,,  into  the  simple,  and  more  pronounceable  one 
of  "toboggan,"  Americans  may  be  pardoned  in  thus 
Americanizing  the  language  of  the  red  man;  a  liberty 
we  have  taken  not  o.dy  with  the  language  of  the 
Indian  but  with  that  of  almost  every  nation  repre- 
sented to  any  extent  upon  American  soil. 

Tobogganing,  while  an  institution  of  European 
as  well  as  New  World  count,  ies,  is  a  recognized  form 
:  r  American  sport.  Its  home  and  origin  are  Canadian, 
and  it  is  in  Canada  and  the  vast  expanse  of  country 
adjoining  it  on  the  north  tl.at  tlie  toboggan  is  most 
extensively  used,  botii  as  a  means  of  transportation 
and  of  recreation      Appfc/on  in    treating   upon   the 

(5) 


»*  TIIK     lOIUMiOAV. 

word  si.ys  that  the  tobofjgai,  is  a  "  sled  without  run- 
iiers,"  made  of  a  strip  of  some  touj,'h,   fibrous  and 
elastic  wood,  from  one-eighth   inch    to   one-quarter 
inch  Ml   thickness,  and  this  withal    gives  a  very  com- 
prehensive idea  of  the  primitive  conveyance  which  in 
these   moJern    times    i,as    l,een     utilized     by    voung 
American  man  and  womanhood  as  a  means  of  rare 
and  exhilarating  sport.     TIk-  length  of  a  toboggan 
vanes  in  accordance  with  the  number  of  people  it  is 
intended  to  carry,  single   flyers  being  from   four  to 
hvefeet  in  length,  and  the  longest  eight  feet,  although 
the  rule  for  a  racing  flyer  is  that  when  star.ding  upon 
end  It  shall  exceed  the  height  of  the  steerer  by  twelve 
niches,  and  may  be  from  sixteen  to  twenty-four  inches 
'"   breadth.     It  is  cleated    with  short   ribs  of  tou-^h 
wood  upon  the  upper  side  to  j-ive  it  increased  stren<^t1i 
and  along  each  end  of  these  ribs  just  over  the  extreme 
edges  of  the  toboggan  are  lashed  the  hand   rails  to 
which  the  load  of  the  conveyance  is  strapped  down, 
or  to  which  its  occupants  cling  as  thev  dash  over  the 
slide      The  fore  end  of  the  tobogg.M,  is  steamed  and 
bent  backward  like  the  dashboard  of  a  sleigh.     When 
used  for  coasting  it  is  usually  cushioned,  the  cushion 
being  firmly  strapped  down  to  the  side  rails. 

ORIGIX  OI-  THE   TOnOGGAN. 

The  toboggan  dates  back  to  an  almost  indefinite 
period  in  history,  in  that  when  the  land  of  the  Es- 
qmmaux   first   became   known  to  Americans   these 


III 


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fibrous  and 
oiic-quarter 
I  very  com- 
ce  which  in 
by    young 
ans  of  rare 
a  toboggan 
people  it  is 
^m   four  to 
•t,  although 
ding  upon 
■  by  twelve 
four  inches 
s  of  tough 
d  strength, 
lie  extreme 
id   rails  to 
ped  down, 
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amed  and 
ii.     When 
le  cushion 


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fins   these 


riiK    r()iioG(iAN. 
sleds,  Willi  dogs  or  men  to  draw  them,  were  used  by 
the  Northmen  in  the   transportation  of  their  efTecls, 
their  game,  and  the   furs  which   tiuv  made    a    busi' 
ness  of  procming.     The   Cana.lian  'indians  and  the 
tribes  occupying  the   f.:r   Northwest    regions  „f  the 
continent  used  tiiem  for  the  same  ptnpose,and  indeed 
it  would  be  dimcult  to  mvent  a  c.nvevance  more  in- 
geniously adapted   to   the  want>  and   customs  of  the 
people  of  these  sections  than  is  the  toboggan.     The 
deep  snows  which  fall  early  in  the  season"an<l  which 
remain  through  the  long,  dreary  winter,  obliterating 
all    trails  and   roadways,   and   making   but   trackless 
wastes   of    the    broad    stretches    of    country,    could 
scarcely  be  traversed  with  any  other  stvle  of  convev- 
ance  than  the  broad   surfaced,  light  weighted  tobog- 
gan, which  glides  along  over   the  uppc-r  crust  of  the 
snow,  notwithstanding  that  it  may  be  heavilv  loaded. 
The  Indians  originally  fastened  the  parts  of' their  to- 
boggans  together  wholly  with   deer  thongs,  and  in- 
deed many  of  the  toboggans  of  Canadian  manufact- 
ure at  the  present  day  are  so  put  together,  but  of  late 
years  toboggan  manufacturers  in    the  New  England 
States  have  introduced  metal  rivets,  whicli  give  to  the 
toboggan  a  greater  degree  of  strength  antrdurability 
without   lessening  its  elasticity.     Until  of  late  years 
bircli    and    bass   wood    were    the    only   woods    from 
which  toboggans  were  constructed,  but  no'v   maple 
and    hickory    are   very   largely    used.     Experiments 
m  steel   have  been  made,  but  have  never  resulted  in 


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"  illE    TOllOLiUAN. 

the  production  of  a  toboggan  equal  in  speed  ond  con- 
ven.ence  of  weight  to  that  of  the  modern  flyer. 

AS   A   C-C)\VEYANCE   FOR   SPORT 

or  pastime   tii..  toboggan  is  of  comparatively  recent 
ongMi.      Upon   the    hills   which  abound   throughout 
Canada  the  Canadians  took  advantage  of  the  natural 
slidns    ofTered,    and   withm     a    season   or  two    after 
the    cport    was    first    introduced    in    the    vicinity    of 
Quebec,  Montreal,  Toronto  and  other  cities  of  the  Do- 
minion,  it  became  immensely  popular  among  Canadi- 
ans  through,  that  entire  country.     The  great  difliculty 
of  toi)ogganists,  however,  was  in  securing  a  slide  of 
perfect   grade  r.ml  smoothness.     The  natural    lesili- 
ancy  of  the   toboggan   causes  a  p,"culiar  comlition  of 
th.ngs,  not  unat^endet!  with  danger,  when  it  strikes  a 
sudden  depression  or  elevation  dining  its  rapid  flight, 
for  as  a  natural  result  of  its  elasticity  it  will  throw  its 
burden   or  occupants  high   into  the   air— unless   the 
same   he  lirmly  attached   to  t!ie  hand  rails— and  this, 
too,  with  a  reckless  disregard  of  result  somewhat  un- 
comfortai^le  for  the  rider. 

These  deiocts  in  a  natural  slide  are  called  hy  Ca- 
nadians ar/zofs,  and  many  are  the  laughable  accidents 
as  well  as  sore  limbs  atu!  bruises  that  have  roulted 
from  them. 

7b  overcome  thi.  objection  Canadian  enthusiasts 
in  the  sport  introduced  the  artijieial  slide,  which  had 
long  be.  .1   popular    in    Russia,    and    which    consists 


mm/m-*„^: 


illK     lOliOGUA.V, 


peeti  ;ind  con- 
111  flyer. 

atively  recent 
d  throu^rlioiit 
jf  tlie  iiatiiial 
or  two  after 
a  vicinity  of 
ies  of  the  Do- 
loiijr  Canadi- 
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n-j  a  slide  of 
atiiral    lesiii- 

condition  of 
n  it  St ri tees  a 

rapid  flight, 
n'll  tiirow  its 
-nnless  the 
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ave  roulted 

cnt/iusiasfs 
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snnply  of  a  sc:ifIokHnjr  of  lieavy  timbers,  the  highest 
point  of  whicii   may  h.-  forty  or  even  fifty  fectlrom 
the  ground  with  a  gradual  descent,  sufficiiMitiy  steep 
liowever,  to  give   the  tobogganists  tlie  impetus  de- 
sired.    Tile  famous  slide   of  the    Teuque  iJleue  To- 
boggan   Club  at    Montreal    and    that   at   Woodlawn 
Park,  Saratoga,  are   at   the   starting   point    fortv  feet 
from  the  ground,  the  descent  being  one  hundred  and 
twenty    feet  long.      The  distance  traveled   over  the 
ai  tiflcial  slide  is  of  course  only  the  beginning  of  the 
sport,  for  the  tobogg  ir.  has  attained  its  greatest  im- 
petus only  when  it   reaches  the  earth,  and  will  travel 
upon  the  level  track  a  distance  three  or  four  times  as 
great    as  that    of  the   slide   proper.     In    Russia  the 
double  slide   is  quite  popular,  that  is  in  other  words, 
two  slides  set  opposite  one  another,  the  tracks  run- 
ning  parallel   so  that   when    the    tobogganist    starts 
from   the  top  of  one  slide   he  is   at   the  base  of  the 
tower  of  the  other  slide,  and    has  only  to  ascend  the 
steps    to   ride   back    to  the   base  of  the   tower   from 
which  he  first  started.     The  single  slide,  however,  is 
niosl  popular  in  .\merica. 

Till-:   AirrniciAi.   si.idk. 

At  the  top  of  the  tower  is  a  platform  from  which 
the  tobogganist  starts,  and  leading  downward  from 
this,  at  an  angle  of  say  forty-five  degrees,  are  the 
chutes  (it  being  usual  to  have  two,  three  or  fbur 
chutes  to  one  structure)  in  which  the  .oboggan  runs. 


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These  chutes  and  the  track  beyond  are  packed  very 
firmly  w.th  snow,  over  which  water  is  poured  until  it 
freezes  una  a  solid  n,ass  of  ice  from  six  to  eight 
■nches  deep.  The  chute  is  fron.  four  ,o  six  feet  i„ 
wulth,  and  protected  upon  each  side  by  flaring  lK)ards 
to  prevent  the  toboggan  and  its  loa.l  leavin..  the 
track   laterally.     The   ice   track    is  carcfnilv    pl-ned 

gln.s  .tself.     A  loaded  toboggan  over  such  a  surface 
and  at  the  angle  upon  which  the  regulation  slide  is 
constructed,   w.li    attain   a   n.arveious   rate   of  speed 
wh.ch,  m  the  majority  of  instances,  and  with  ail  con- 
.i.t.ons  favorable,  reaches  a  mile  per  minute,  or  even 
more      Indeed,  the  manufacturers  of  the  now  cele- 
brated "  Star  "  toboggan,  made  in  iSurlington     Vt 
ope,.ly  advertise  the  fact  that  upon  that  toboggan  shod' 
w.th  steel,  a  speed  of  three  miles  per  min  fte  m'ay^ 
arranged    .,th  perfect    safety.     The  timidlv  inclined 
may  regard  such  sport  with  horror,  but  in 'truth  the 
chances  fo,-  accident  are  one  in  ten  thousand,  a.d  it  is 
doubtful  ,f  any  occur  even   in   this  ratio.     No  sue 
occurrence   as  a  tobogganist   having  fallen  from  the 
chute  has  ever  been  recorded,  and  the  worst  that  c  .n 
happen  rs  che  upsetting  or  whirling  around  of  the 
t'^boggan  after  it  leaves  the  chute  and  enters  the  track 
;"  wli.ch  event  its  occupants  are  treated   ^o  a  plnn^J 
."   the  sno«.  or  a  trifling  shaking  up.      Even   th^s, 
however  rarely  occurs,  when   the  steersn.an   is   ex. 
penenced  in  handling  the  vehicle. 


tSSR^^M 


packed  very 
poured  until  it 

six  to   eigiit 
■  to  six  feet  in 
flariiijr  Ijoards 
I    leavintr    the 
efiilly    planed 
I  .ulistenin<r  as 
iticli  a  surface 
lation  slide  is 
ate   of  speed 
with  all  con- 
iiitc,  or   even 
ic  now  cele- 
incrton,    Vt., 
"}?gan,shod 
n  ite  may  be 
idly  inclined 
in  truth  the 
ind,  a;,d  it  is 
'.     No  sue  . 
en  from  the 
ii'st  that  can 
'und  of  the 
•s  the  track, 
o  a  plunge 
Even   this, 
nan   is  c\- 


riii:    I()ho(;(;an. 

rOBUCGAN     COSTUMES. 


1 1 


Not  the  least  of  the  attractions  in  tobogganing  lies 
<n    the    picturesque    beauty    of    the   costumes    worn. 
lliese,for  both  ladies  and  gentlemen,  are  fashioned 
».om   soft  woolen   blankets   of  blue,  scarlet,  orange, 
"Itl   gold,  pink,  purple  and   other  attractive    colors, 
either  solid  or  tastefully  blended,  and  when  a  tobo^. 
Jja.!  slide  is  in  full  blast  the  scene  presented  un.ler  the 
{flare  of  the   electric  light   or  the  lurid  glow  of  the 
torch  IS  certainly  one  never  to  be  forgotten  by  partici- 
pant or  beholder.     For  gentlemen  the  costume  con- 
sists  usually  of  a  blouse  wrh  a  frock  which  covers 
the   h>ps   and  buttons  tight.y   down  the  front,  knee 
breeches,  warm  woolen  stockings  and  moccasins,  the 
head  benig  covered  by  a  hujuc  of  the  same  brilliant 
liue  as  the     sash    which    is    wraj.ped  twice    around 
the  wa.st,  the   tasseled  end  falling  over  the  left  hip. 
For  ladies  the  costume  consists  of  a  long  cloak  but- 
toning down   the  front,  and  conHned   by  a  sash  like 
that   worn    by   her  escort,    moccasins,  and    a    tugue. 
ii-very  article  of  these  costumes  is  fashioned  from  the 
woolen   blankets  referred  to,  and   are  made  with  as 
much  skill  in  cut  and  tinis^h  as   the  art  of  the  tailor 
can  command. 

HOW  TO  STEER. 

Formerly  thw  toboggan  was  steered  by  a  short  stick 
of  wood  held  in  each  hand  of  the  steerer,  but  now 
tlie  steerer  guides  the  course  of  his  conveyance  with 


€ 


I!: 


12 


TIIK     TOBOGGAN'. 


the  too  of  his  foot,  takiiijj  his  position  if  there  he  two 
or  more  in  the  tobo-irgan,  at  the  rear  end  and  resting 
npon  his  right  side  to  steer  witii  the  left  foot,  which 
shonld  trail  gracefnlly  behind,  or  npon  the  left  side, 
to  steer  with  the  right  foot.  The  toe  of  the  steerer 
is  lightly  applied  to  tlie  track  from  time  to  time  as  he 
may  see  the  craft  reqnires  guidance.  The  right  foot 
i<i  usually  used  in  steering,  but  the  steeier  may  em- 
ploy either,  r  being  considered  an  accomplishment  to 
be  able  to  steer  with  one  foot  as  well  as  the  other. 
The  steerer  may  kneel,  may  rest  upon  his  hip  or  side, 
or  may  occupy  any  position  that  is  most  agreeable 
and  efTective.  As  the  toboggan  runs  upon  a  broad, 
flat  surface  it  is  much  easier  to  guide  than  the  sled, 
and  is  readily  responsive  to  the  slightest  touch  of  the 
moccasined  toe  which  directs  its  course. 

CANADIAX    vs.    AMERICAN     TOBOGGAMS. 

The  manufacture  of  toboggans  in  the  United 
States  is  an  enterprise  of  comparatively  late  date,  and 
even  in  Canada,  the  birth-place  of  tobogganing,  the 
American  manufactured  tobc,  gan  is  now  greatlv  in 
demand.  An  authority  on  the  subject  was  asked  by 
the  writer  about  the  comparative  merits  of  the  Cana- 
dian toboggans  and  tiiose  made  at  Burlington  and 
elsewliere  in  this  country.  "  The  Canadian  tobog- 
gans," he  said,  "are  not  constructed  on  scientific  prin- 
ciples, At  any  rate,  those  of  them  which  I  have 
seen  were  not.     In  the  first  place  I  don't  tliink  maple 


irikn 


if  there  he  two 
:ik1  iuui  resting 
eft  foot,  which 
11  the  left  side, 
;  of  the  steerer 
e  to  time  as  he 
The  right  foot 
eeier  may  em- 
mplisliment  to 
11  as  the  other, 
his  hip  or  side, 
nost  agreeable 
upon  a  hroad, 
tiian  the  sled, 
it  touch  of  the 


OGGANS. 

11  the  United 
'  late  date,  and 
logganing,  the 
low  greatly  in 
was  asked  by 
s  of  the  Cana- 
iirlington  and 
nadian  tob  )g- 
scientilicprin- 
wliich  I  havf; 
't  tliink  maple 


rili:    TDliOOCiAN. 


'3 


IS  as  good  a  material  as  hickory.  Tlien  again,  I  don't 
approve  of  rigid  wooden  rails  along  the  sides  ;  they 
stiHen  the  toboggan  so  that  ail  the  spring  is  taken 
out  of  it.  The  tirst  principle  in  the  construction  of  a 
toboggan  ouglit  to  be  to  make  it  springy,  like  a  whip. 
Most  Canadian  toboggans  are  perfectly  smooth  and 
Hat  on  (he  bottom.  Now  that's  a  mistak'^  ;  three  or 
four  of  t!ic  planks  only  ought  to  come  in  contact  with 
the  ice,  and  they  should  be  rounded  off  so  that  the 
friction  may  be  reduced  to  the  minimum.  The  best 
toboggan  I  ever  saw  was  of  hickory,  with  three 
wooden  strips,  about  as  thick  as  two  of  your  fingers, 
raised  trom  the  bottom  to  serve  as  runners.  One  of 
the  best  points  about  it  was  that  the  screws  and  rivets 
dill  not  come  through  the  bottom  at  all,  and  that  is  very 
important,  ^ince  if  the  screws  project  the  least  bit  they 
will  tear  the  ice  all  to  pieces  and  spoil  the  slide.  Be- 
sides, the  snow  gets  into  the  holes  where  the  screws 
are  sunk,  and  makes  the  bottom  of  the  toboggan 
rough.  The  toboggan  I  speak  of  was  a  triHe  iieavier 
than  I  like,  for  though  a  heavy  toboggan  goes  a  little 
faster,  it  is  harder  to  pull  up  hill,  and  if  there  is  an 
.nccident  there  is  more  likelihood  of  getting  hurt," 


THI-;    STAR. 


The  most  prominent  and  seemingly  successful  man- 
ufactureis  of  toboggans  at  the  present  time  is  a  Bur- 
lington, Vt,,  firm.  They  make  the  celebrated  "  Star'''' 
toboggan,  which  has  been  from  the  first  the  acknowl- 


'4 


TUK    TOBOGGAN. 


edged  standard  in  clubs  and  with  private  individuals 
and  experts,  simply  because  it  is  constructed  with  an 
iniderstandiM-  of  the  necessary  requirements.      The 
essential  features  of  the  "Star"  are  a  toboggan  made 
of  slats,  and  the  slats  shaped  to  lessen  the  frictional 
surface.     The  old   In  lian  form  was  perfectly  flat  on 
the  bearing  surface,  and  formed  of  one  or  two  pieces 
of  thin  wood,  and  besides  lacking  the  requisite  strength 
and   lateral  resiliency,  it  offered  the  greatest   resist- 
ance, or  frictional  surface  to  the  snow.     For  this  rea- 
son all  flat  toboggans  are  comparatively  slow.     In- 
stead  of  the  riveted   side  rails  formerly  used,  which 
proved  to  be  too  stiff  in  long  toboggans,  the  «  Star" 
h..s  a  l.ght  oak  or  hickory  rail,  which  passes  through 
a  patent  fixture, and  being  fastened  at  one  point  only 
permits  a  free,  bending   movement  of  the  toboggan. 
This  of  course  is  a  great  improvement  over  the  more 
rigid  rail. 

A  six-foot  "Star"  toboggan  weighs  only  fourteen 
pounds,  .s  a  marvel  of  strength,  beauty,  and  obedience 
to  the  will  of  the  steerer,  and  may  attain  a  speed  of 
three  miles  a  minute  with  perfect  safety.  Think 
of  it. 


rtuu^u. 


ate  individuals 
ructed  with  an 
Jments.  The 
Qboggan  made 

the  frictional 
M-fectl^-  flat  on 
or  two  pieces 
iiisite  strength 
reatest   resist- 

For  tiiis  rea- 
lly slow.  In- 
y  used,  which 
,  the  «  Star  " 
asses  through 
10  point  only, 
he  toboggan, 
•ver  the  more 

only  fourteen 
nd  obedience 
in  a  speed  of 
fety.     Think 


LIFE  IN  MONTREAL. 
II. 

A    GLIMPSH    OF    C.WAIXAM     WINTKK     I.IKK     AS     SKEN 
AT     MONTKKAI.. 

"A  winter  in  Canada!  I  think  I  should  rather 
spend  it  there  than  anywhere  else  on  the  face  of  this 
broad  earth,"  saiil  a  young  Montrealese  to  me  one 
afternoon  last  winter,  as  we  sat  in  the  parlors  of  a 
famous  Chicago  cli-b  house  on  Michigan  avenue,  and 
watched  the  continual  stream  of  sleighs  on  their  way 
to  and  from  the  boulevards. 

"What!  and  freeze  to  death?"  I  asked. 

My  friend  laughed.  «  No,  old  fellow,"  said  he, 
"  you'd  have  no  time  for  freezing,  if  you  w  ere  pos- 
sessed of  good  health   and   a  reasonable  amount  of 

activity.     There  is  no  country  on  the  globe and   I 

have  visited  a  good  many  of  them— .vherein  the  in- 
habitants so  thoroughly  enjoy  the  season  beginning 
with  November  15  and  lasting  until  March  i,  as  do 
the  Canadians.  They  are  a  hardy  set,  with  the 
natural  indifference  to  exposure  that  results  from  the 
character  of  that  climate,  and  it  is  when  the  snow 
falls  that  you  see  the  sport-loving  side  of  the  Cana- 
dian gentleman's  character.     I  liave  said  Canadian 

(I?) 


$' 


i6 


LIFE    IV    MONTH  IM., 


i  3 


m 


goitlcma)!.  I  shoiilil  liiive  iucliulcii  our  women  as 
well,  for  there  are  few  Canailiaii  winter  sports  in 
which  they  do  not  participate.  I  jj;<>  tn  Canada  ne\t 
week  for  a  fortnij^ht's  stay  at  my  home  in  Montreal. 
Why  not  join  me?  " 

"  IJfjh!  It  is  the  middle  of  January,"  I  replied,  as 
a  colli  shiver  passed  over  me  with  the  thouj^ht  of  ex- 
periencing; what  I  had  always  imagined  a  Camdian 
winter  to  he. 

"Just  the  time  we  want  to  he  there,  and  I  will 
warrant  that  you  will  find  it  no  colder  in  Montreal 
than  it  is  upon  the  shore  of  Lake  Michijjjan  to-da\'." 

How  my  fears  were  overcome  I  do  not  know  even 
now,  hut  ten  days  later  I  was  unpacking;  my  trunk 
in  the  ancestral  home  of  my  friend,  a  line  old  house 
which  stooil  some  four  miles  from  Montreal  in  one  of 
that  historic  city's  quaintest  and  prettiest  suburbs. 
Dick's  father  was  a  typical  Canadian  "Jfentieinaii,  a 
barrister  of  some  note  and  possessed  of  an  ample  for- 
tune, and  Dick's  sisters,  three  in  number,  were — I 
thought  when  I  first  saw  their  rosy  cheeks  and  bright 
eyes  in  the  roomy,  old  fashioned  sleigh  that  awaited 
us  at  the  depot — the  prettiest,  most  wholly  iriesisli- 
ble  specimens  of  young  womanhood  I  had  ever  had 
the  good  fortune  to  look  upon.  It  was  but  a  few 
moments  before  the  spirited  grays  had  wliirled  us 
through  the  streets  of  the  quaint  yet  withal  hand- 
somely coiistructed  city,  and  out  into  the  broad  high- 
way beyond,  which  led  to  Dick's  home.     The  snow 


_L 


MMM 


li  our  women  as 
winter  sports  in 
<)  to  Canada  ne\t 
line  in  Montie.il. 

uy"  I  replicil,  as 
le  tlioULjlit  ol'  ex- 
;ined  a  Car.'ulian 

tiierc,  and  I  will 
)lder  in  Montreal 
Iiciii<j;an  to-da\'." 
()  not  know  even 
iciiinjf  my  trunk 
,  a  line  old  house 
lontreal  ir.  one  of 
prettiest  suburbs, 
ian  fjfentieinaii,  a 

of  an  ample  for- 
luimber,  were — I 
cheeks  and  l)ri<^ht 
igh  tiiat  awaited 

wholly  irresisli- 
)d  I  had  ever  had 
t  was  hut  a  tew 
s  had  whirled  us 
yet  withal  hand- 
o  the  broad  lii<jh- 
lome.     The  snow 


THROUGH  THE  STRF.F.TS   OF  MONTREAL. 


'V 


-'--  ■'li^^wR^sff^'TiPiTf'^V'r^'^.^Kl"'''* 


f 


i8 


I.IFK     IN     MON  I  UKAI.. 


was  the  same,  with   many    additional   falls,  that  had 
covered  llic  earth  .luring'  the  preceding  November, 
and  was  packed  so  hard  and  lirm  hy  constant  travel 
that  it  seemed  an  inteiminahle  glare  of  ice.     The  air 
was  cold  and  bracing  hut  dry  as  a  whip,   and    tlie 
glistening  crystals  of  snow   in  the  roadway   danced 
and  sparkled  nnder  the  silvery  light  of  the  moon,  as 
thongh  they  had   been  so   many  polished  diamonds. 
As  vve  passed  thongh  the  streets  of  the  city  I  became 
impressed  with  the  noticeable  air  of  life  and  gaietv 
with  which  every  one  seemed  imbued.     The  lights 
in   the  shop   windows  shone   out   upcn  the  Malwart 
forms  of  manly  looking  fellows  in  seal  skin  caps  and 
gauntlets.     The  jingle  of  sleigh  bells  from  scores  of 
teams  other  thau  our  own,  and  the    cpiick    beat   of 
horses'  hoofs  were  heard  upon  every  side,  while  merry 
huighter  from  girlish  throats  added  to  the  happy,  ir- 
responsible    tout     ensemble    of    our     surroundings. 
"Surely,"  thouglit  I,  "my  first  impressions  of  a  Cana- 
dian  winter  are  pleasant  enough."     Out  on  the  high- 
way we  passed  a  four  in  haiul  with  a  merry  load  that 
bubbled  over  with  cheer  and  laughter  as  we  passed 
them,  and  when  finally  we  sv/ept  out  of  the  road  and 
into  the  long  drive  that  wound  through  the  grounds 
of  "the  Castle,"  I   saw  the  cheery  glow  of  the  grate 
fires  through  the  frosted  windows  of  one  of  the  most 
hospitable  old  mansions  in  all  Canada. 

I  wish  it  were  within  the  nower  of  my  pen  to  de- 
scribe Canadian  winter  life  as  I  saw  it  and   shared  in 


alls,  that  had 
g  November, 
onstaiit  travel 
ice.  The  air 
'hip,  and  tlie 
idway  danced 
the  moon,  as 
led  diamonds, 
city  I  became 
life  and  gaietv 
I.  The  li«;hts 
n  the  '.talwart 

skin  caps  and 
tVom  scores  of 
quick  beat  of 
le,  while  merry 
the  happy,  ir- 

surroundings, 
ons  of  a  Cana- 
lit  on  the  high- 
nerry  load  that 
;r  as  we  passed 
of  the  road  and 
;h  the  grounds 
)w  of  the  grate 
me  of  the  most 

■  my  pen  to  de- 
t  and   shared  in 


'in;     IN     MONTHKAI..  , 

;t  ^'"••■•"J,-  the  fortnight  that  followed,  .nnd  at  the  same 

t'">c   carry  with   the  description  a  conception  of  the 

■are  enjoyment  to  he  derived    fron,  (i,e  col.l,  bracing 

•'. -sphere     the  exhilarating   edVcts  of  ice  skating, 

the  snow.shoe  tramp,  the  toboggan  slide,  the  sieiH^- 

■"g  jaun,    and  the  score  of  other   pastinu.  in  which 

t  >t   Canadians  nululge  with  an   abandon  and  .k-ree 

o    enthusiasm   I  have  never  seen  ec,uale,l  ont.M;  of 

be    Dominion.     The    Canadian,  it  seems,  is    ..ever 

happier  than  when  tin-  snow  falls,  and  when  the  Hrst 

feathery   flakes  of  an    approaching   winter  be<Mn    to 

vvbi.en   the   ground,    Montreal   seems  suddeiiU.    im- 

In-ed  with  a  new  lease  of  life.     Business  is  forgotten 

in  one  mad  whirl  of  cr.,ictv      Ice  ri.,!-..  ti,       '' 
...  ,,.ni.iv,     ice  links  tlirovv  onen 

;,:;',  fT     '""'^'^^'"""^"^'-•'-"P-'-dandwa. 
tc.cd.       bnow  shoes  are  ,aken  clown  from  t!ie  hooks 
upon  which  they  have    hung  all   s.nnmer,  club   uni- 
forms  are  shaken  out,  badges   burnished  up,  and  to- 
K'^-ans  dragged  from  their  resting  places  in  prepa- 
•a  ion  for  the  sport  of  the  coming  season.     The   ice 
palace-now    world    fan,ed-is    constructed.       The 
cnsp  snow  on  street  aiul  footpath  is  crushecl  beneath 
'   e  heel  o    citi.en  and  tourist.     Bright  eyes  an<l  rosy 
ieks;  athletic  figures   and   manly  faces;  heartborn 
laughter  and  careless  .song,  are  .seen  and  heard  which- 

Shoi-  the  gleam  of  the  torch;  the  crash  of  music 
ami  the  da.zhng  array  of  brilliant  costumes  and  lovely 
'aces;  the  flash  of  steel  runner  an.l  the  whirl  of  the 


ji^Jj^UI^Li^iii^lii;;; 


' 


2(J 


I,l>  i;    I\     MON  IlllCAI.. 


feathery  snow,  can;  is  torf,'ottcii,  and  the  work-a-ilay 
vvony  of  business  and  home  life  is  put  aside  in  one 
ecstatic  and  seeniinfily  recidess  wiiiii  of  pleasure 
which  l)e<,'ins  with  the  comin>;  of  the  snow  k\n^,  and 
ends  only  with  his  ^omn. 

As  I  listened  to  the  music  and  watched  the  pano- 
lamic  scene  presented  by  the  hrij;htly  costumed 
skaters  as  they  swept  over  the  glistenin;^'  suifaceof 
Victoria  rink;  as  I  stood  at  the  top  of  the  Tci  que 
nieue  slide,  down  which  an  hundred  merry  coasters 
were  flying,  and  at  the  foot  of  which  were  -jathered 
five  hundred  steel-geared  ecpiipages,  their  iiorses 
restlessly  chamjjino  their  bridle  chains  and  shaking 
i.,e  bells  that  arched  over  their  backs,  while  happy 
faces  peered  from  the  folds  of  wolf  robe  and  sealskin; 
as  I  looked  upon  the  glittering  walls  of  the  Ice  Palace, 
and  as  mounted  ii))on  my  snow-shoes,  I  held  the 
miitened  hand  of  Dick's  youngest  sister  in  a  glori- 
ous moonlight  "Shoe-tramp"  cross  country,  the 
thought  came  unbidden  to  my  mind,  "  Where  art 
thou^  Chicago?  Where  art  thou,  New  York? 
With  all  thy  greatness;  with  all  thy  wealth  and 
grandeur;  with  all  thy  beauty,  thrift  and  enterprise? 
Thou  hast  none  of  these." 


he  work-ii-tlay 
It  aside  in  one 
rl  of  pleasiiie 
snow  king,  and 

jhed  tiie  pano- 
Inly  costumed 
nin;^  sin  face  of 
of  the  Tei  i|uc 
nienv  coasters 
were  feathered 
,  tlieir  iiorses 
ns  and  siiaiiing 
;s,  while  happy 
je  and  sealskin; 
*  the  Ice  Palace, 
DCS,  I  held  the 
ister  in  a  glori- 
,8  country,  the 
d,  "  Where  art 
,  New  York? 
hy  wealth  and 
and  enterprise? 


ON  THE  SLIDE. 
111. 

AN     AFTERVOON     UPON      A      MoNTKKAI.      TOnoGGAN 

SMDK. 

It  was  the  mornin-  of  my  second  day's  stay  at 
"the  Castle,"  and  Diok  and  myself  were  sc'ated  in  tiie 
library  enjoying  an  after  hreakfast  ci-ar.  Outside 
the  earth  was  white  with  a  jrlorious  mantle  of  snow, 
and  from  the  heavy  clouds  overhead  the  feathery 
flakes  were  fallin-  thick  and  fast,  the  wind  catching 
them  up  in  great  gusts  and  whirling  them  hitl.e'r 
and  thither  around  the  stone  walls  of  the  old  house, 
while  it  shrieked  as  with  laughter  at  the  boisterous 
sport  it  was  enjoying, 

"Did  you  ever  tohoggan,  Harry?"  asked  my 
friend. 

"No,  but  I  am  willing  to  he  initiated,"  I  replied. 

"All  right,  my  iad,  we'll  initiate  you  this  after- 
noon,  if  the  storm  lets  up.  The  girls  have  arranged 
a  party  in  honor  of  our  arrival,  and  we  will  go  over 
to  '  the  hill '  this  afternoon.  Our  party  will  lunch  en 
costume,  anil,  by  the  way,  we  must  be  looking  up  our 
rigs." 

It  is  a  poorly  equipped  house   in  Canada   that  has 

(21) 


i: 


ii   ! 


%^L±.2^'^ 


ON   T)1E   SLIDE. 


-    Ji 


ON    Tin;    SI.IDK. 


23 


not  some   compartment,   some   nook    or   corner   set 
apart  for  the  stora.,.e  of  the  various  .•io<,i„.s  a.ul  outfits 
used  .n   the  enjoyment  of  both  summer  and  winter 
sp-rts.     Such  a  room  there  was  in  "the  Castle,"  and 
along   us   wails  hung    innumerable    pairs   of   snow 
shoes   three   feet  in    length   an.l   upward.     An  extra 
su-t  of  p.ck's  seemed   to  have  been  nu.dc  for  myself 
expressly,  and    when    a   score    of   g.ilv    costumed, 
linppy  face.l  young  men  and  women  sat  down  to  thJ 
well  spread  board  in  "the  Castle  "'  dining  hall  I  w.s 
on  equal   footing  with  them   in  grotesqueness  of  an'- 
pare].  ' 

"How  is  the  slide,  Nell?"  asked  Dick  of  his 
elder  sister. 

"AH  right,  I  guess,"  was  her  answer.  "The  storm 
has  come  to  a  halt,  and  I  have  sent  the  men  down 
to  sweep  It  ofj:  It  was  smooth  as  marble  the  day 
before  you  came."  ^ 

"  Why,  Mr.  H.,  how  well  vour  toboggan  suit  be- 
comes you,"  said  Dick's  younger  sister,  the  girl 
whom  I  was  beginning  to  think  was  the  fairest  thing 
I  had  yet  seen  in  Canada,  and  with  a  gratified  glance 
at  my  tasty  riggmg,  1  ,„entally  determined  that 
thereafu-r  I  would  wear  a  toboggan  suit  during  every 
remaining  day  of  mv  stay  at  "the  Castle  " 

Short-lived  determination !  How  soon  my  pride  and 
gratification  at  the  picturesque-and  perhaps  at  that 
moment  becoming-style  of  my  toboggan  suit  re- 
ceived a  disastrous  fall;  a  fall  which  I  felt  for  some 


:l; 


I'^f 


34 


()\      I  UK    M.IDK 


(lays  afterward,  the  succecdiiifj  !ines  of  this  chapter 
may  hest  tell.  We  were  a  merry  party,  as  draggingf 
our  toboggans  after  us,  or  carrying  them  under  our 
arms,  we  tramped  along  the  highway  to  "the  hill." 
(I  have  forgotten  what  Dick  called  it,  but  it  was  the 
club  slide  of  the  toboggan  club  of  which  the  majority 
of  our  party  were  members;  and  there  are  a  hun- 
dred such  organizations  of  greater  or  less  importance 
in  Montreal  and  vicinity.)  Wiien  we  arrived  at  the 
foot  of  the  slide  we  were  joined  by  otiiers  of  the  club, 
and  there,  stretching  away  up  the  side  of  the  hill, 
was  the  long,  glistening  roadway  with  nearly  an 
eighth  of  a  mile  incline,  and  fully  a  third  of  a  mile  of 
well  packed  track  stretching  from  its  base  across  the 
adjoining  meadow. 

The  men  had  worked  diligently,  and  tiie  snow  that 
had  been  swept  from  the  surface  of  the  solidly  frozen 
slide  was  banked  up  in  ridges  on  either  side,  leaving 
a  long  roadway  of  glaring  ice  as  solid  as  the  frozen 
surface  of  Lake  Michi/an. 

Up  the  hill  we  clambered,  and  as  I  felt  the  gloved 
hand  of  Dick's  younger  sister  upon  my  sustaining 
arm,  I  wished  the  climb  might  have  been  twice  the 
distance,  and  right  here  I  want  to  say  that  if  ever  a 
woman  looks  fresh  and  young  and  irresistiblv  lovely 
it  is  when  at  the  top  of  a  climb  up  a  toboggan  slide 
she  stops  with  her  cheeks  flushed,  her  lips  parted,  and 
her  eyes  shining  with  tlie  exertion  of  the  tramp.  At 
least  I  thought  so  when   I   glanced   into  the  glowing 


J, 


this  chapter 
as  (liagginor 
m  under  our 
to  "the  hill." 
ut  it  was  the 
tlie  majority 
are  a  hun- 
s  importance 
rrived  at  the 
s  of  the  club, 
!  of  the  hill, 
h  nearly  an 
1  of  a  mile  of 
se  across  the 

he  snow  that 
solidly  iVozen 
siile,  leaving 
s  the  frozen 

it  the  jjloved 
ly  sustaining 
;en  twice  the 
lat  if  ever  a 
istihly  lovely 
io;j^gan  slide 
s  parted,  and 
?  tramp.  At 
the  glowing 


ON   TiiK  si.iDK.  25 

face  of  my  pretty  companion.  What  a  sight  it  was 
to  look  hack  tlovvn  the  slide  as  we  stood  at  the  start- 
ing point.  The  clouds  had  blown  over,j)nd  now  the 
sun  shone  down  with  dazzling  brightness  upon  the 
snow-covered  landscape,  causing  the  burnished  sur- 
face of  the  slide  to  look  like  a  long  strctcli  of  pol- 
ished  silver  as  it  swept  down  the  side  of  the  hill  and 
across  the  meadow  lands  in  the  distance.  Just  beyond 
the  toot  of  the  incline  stood  the  zig-zag  rails  of  a  farm 
fence,  and  these,  together  with  a  few  scattered  clumps 
of  trees  along  the  side  of  the  slide,  were  the  only  ex- 
isting objt/  ts  to  break  the  mantle  of  white  that  cov- 
ereil  tiie  hillside. 

"Now,  Harry,  for  a  slide  such  as  you  never  had  in 
your  life  before,"  said  Dick,  interrupting  my  con- 
templation of  what  to  me  was  one  of  the  most  beau- 
tiful views  I  had  ever  enjoyed.  "  We'll  take  '  The 
Major,'  Nell,"  continued  Dick  to  his  sister,  selecting 
one  of  tlie  'argest  and  heaviest  of  tiie  toboggans  we 
had  brought  with  us,  and  swinging  it  around  into 
position,  with  its  nose  pointed  down-hill.  "On  you 
go,  Nell,"  and  the  young  lady  took  her  position  upon 
the  fore  enil  of  Jie  conveyance.  "Now,  Harry. 
Now,  Regina;"  and  with  Dick's  younger  sister 
seated  behind  me,  I  firmly  grasped  a  side  rail  with 
each  hand.  A  glance  to  tlie  rear  snowed  me  Dick 
getting  into  position  to  steer.  «  Hokl  on  to  her,  old 
man,  and  look  out  for  f<r//o/.v,"  he  said  in  a  warning 
voice  as  he  caught  my  eye,  and  before  I  could  reply 


it"'   ' 


H 


f" 


^it 


AT    IHIC  'lOI'   111'    rilK   sI.lDi: 


ON    TiiK   si.ini;. 


37 


?ii«tV>.*  iCi,  j((. 


the  young    Moni.ealese    cast    one    sweeping    gh,„ce 
down  the  slide,  and  ihen  "Zr/  her  go.'^'  came  from 
his  lusty  yoinig   lungs.      The  toboggan  seemed    to 
fairly  jump  into  the  air  at  the  signal,  as  the  st-ong 
arm  ol  a  yo.mg  tobogganist  gave  us  the  start;    and 
then— the   blood   seemed  to   rush   back   to  my  heart 
and  seek  its  innermost  chamber  as  a  hiding'  place. 
There  was  a  rush  atid   a  swishing  soum',  as  "  The 
Major"  shot  over  the  polished   surface  of  the  slide 
with  a  speed  that  I    had   never   before  experienced, 
and  I  have  ridden  sixty  miles  an   hour  upon  a  rail- 
way train  on  more  than   one  occasion.     To  breathe 
was  difficult;  to  speak    was  impossible.     The  world 
seenjed  to  be  suddenly  sinking  beneath   us,  and  we, 
together  with  the  hill  behind  us,  seemed  plunging 
down  into  eternity,  or  some  other  place  I  wot  not  of. 
I  tried  to  fix   my  eye   upon  the  fence  or  the  trees  I 
had  seen  from  the  top  of  the  slide,  but  in  vain.     The 
landscape  seemed  to  have  suddenly  gone  scampering 
away  in  every  direction,  and   everything  seemed  to 
be  tailing  with   us.     «  Hold   on,  Harry,"  came  from 
behind  me,  and  simultaneously  with  the  warning  the 
toboggan  seemed  to  rise  in  the  air,  as  we  struck  what 
I  afterwarr'  learned   was  a  cahol,  or  a  sudden  sharp 
raise  in  the  ground  under  the  ice,  and  then  seemed 
to  literally  leave  the  surface  and  fly  through  the  air 
to  the  bottom  of  the  incline,  which  we  struck  with  a 
crish   that    must    have   driven    my    spinal    column 
through  the  back  of  my  neck,  had  it  not  been  for  the 


ON     TIIK    SLIDE, 

soft  cushion  beneath  us.  We  did  not  stop  here,  but 
sped  on  and  on  across  the  meadow,  the  blinding  sen- 
sation liaving  stopped  with  the  end  of  the  inch'ne, 
althou-rh  we  were  still  rushing  over  the  ground  at  a 
speed  I  never  thought  it  possible  for  any  object  to 
attain,  and  when  finally  I  heard  Dick's  che^^ry  voice 
asking  me  how  1  liked  it,  and  looked  up  to  see  him 
assisting  the  girls  from  the  toboggan,  I  felt  precisL-ly 
as  a  man  feels  when  he  awakens  from  a  dream,  and 
amidst  strange  surroundings. 

"Pretty  rapid,  c!i  ? "  asked  Dick,  smiling  at  my 
dazeil  look,  and  then  I  heard  a  merry  laugh  as  Dick's 
younger  sister  jumped  fron^  the  seat  upon  the  cushion, 
and  I  was  reminded  thereby  how  very  stupid  I  must 
look  seated  alone  upon  the  toboggan,  the  worst 
♦'  rattled  "  man  in  the  Dominion  of  Canada, 

Soon  we  were  tramping  up  the  path  beside  the 
slide,  and  as  I  glanced  up  the  hill  and  saw  another 
toboggan  load  on  the  down  grade,  I  involuntarily 
stopped  and  stepped  backward  as  the  trio  on  the 
flyer  shot  by  me  with  the  speed  of  the  wind.  Again 
that  delightful  v/alk  to  the  summit  with  a  pretty  face 
close  to  my  shouliler,  and  then  again  that  soul  stir- 
ring, breath-stealing,  init  exhilarating  and  glorious 
shoot  over  the  glistening  surface  of  the  slide.  After 
we  had  enjoyed  half  a  dozen  such,  Dick  suggested 
that  I  take  a  whirl  by  myself,  I  had  begun  to  get 
accustomed  to  the  terrific  pace,  and  with  each  de- 
scent,  my   confidence   increased    so   that  when     the 


'jJi^MgiijijptMiiLfoii'jciijwj, 


r 


p  liere,  but 
iiuliiig  sen- 
;lie  incline, 
[round  at  a 
y  object  to 
lef^ry  voice 
to  see  liim 
t  precisL'ly 
I  ream,  and 

ing  at  my 
1  as  Dick's 
le  cushion, 
lid  I  must 
the  worst 
hi. 

beside  the 
w  another 
'oluntarily 
io  on  the 
d.  Again 
)rctty  face 

soul  stir- 
I  glorious 
le.  After 
suggested 
un  to  get 

each  de- 
t'hen     the 


TRIALS   OK   A    NOVlri-.   on   a    \ atIRAI.    SI. TDK. 


#■;; 


'^f 


3" 


ON      rilE     SI.IUK. 


idea  was  suggested,  I  accepted  it  witiiout  a  moment's 
hesitation.  Diciv  selected  a  light  tolioggan  for  me, 
and  gave  me  the  necessary  points  in  steering,  advis* 
ing  me  to  sit  holt  upright  and  use  mv  hands  to  steer 
as  it  was  much  the  easier.  Fifteen  seconds  later  I 
would  have  given  almost  anything  I  possessed  had 
Dick  and  Ids  suggestion  been  in  the  United  States, 
for  no  sooner  had  that  miserable  and  treacherous 
concern  got  started  in  its  mad  career  than  I  lost 
what  little  head  I  seeined  to  have  possessed  at  the  out- 
set, and  unconsciously  made  a  desperate  clutch  for  the 
icy  surface  witli  my  left  hand,  which  of  course  threw 
the  toboggan  around  to  one  side.  After  scraping  along 
in  the  midst  of  a  shower  of  ice  and  snow,  the  tobog- 
gan and  my  very  much  mortified  self  rolled  anrl  slid — 
me  upon  the  seat  of  my  unmentionables — to  the  bot- 
tom of  the  hill.  The  peal  of  laughter  that  floated 
down  from  the  top  of  the  slide,  where  half  our  party 
were  congregated,  did  not  tend  to  increase  my  tem- 
per or  my  self-composure,  and  I  picked  myself  and 
my  flyer  out  of  the  snowbank  and  started  up  hill  just 
as  a  pretty  face  in  a  blue  tuguc,  vvlioin  I  fancied  was 
one  1  knew  well,  shot  by  me  with  a  big  broad 
shouldered  fellow  guiding  her  after  the  manner  of 
an  artist.  That  I  was  tiot  an  artist,  I  was  thor- 
oughly convinced,  but  that  I  was  none  the  less  bent 
upon  becoming  one  Iwas  equally  determined.  A  little 
kindly  advice  from  Dick,  a  firm  gritting  of  my  teeth, 
and  I  was  again    ready  for   the   word.     This  time  I 


ON      IIIK     SI.IIIK. 


moment's 
III  for  me, 
iiig,  advis- 
(is  to  steer 
ids  later  I 
scsscil  liad 
ted  States, 
leachcrons 
lan  I  lost 
at  the  Dut- 
ch for  the 
use  threw 
ping  along 
the  tobog- 

anrl  slid — 
:o  the  bot- 
lat  floated 

our  party 
;  my  tern- 
lyself  and 
ip  hill  just 
ncied  was 
aig  broad 
nanner  of 
was   thor- 

less  bent 
I.  A  little 
my  teeth, 
his  time  I 


•«  kept  my  head  "  admirably  as  I  thouj-lu,  and  away 
I  Hew  with  a  speetl  that  increased  with  eacii  second 
of  lime.  "Ah,  me  girrul!  I'll  touch  yoi  lightly  this 
time,"  I  muttered,  and  I  fancy  I  smiled  as  1  rt-Hected 
that  the  blue  tu(//(t\Am\  her  artist  guide  must  pass 
me  on  their  return  up  the  hill. 

"Whoop!"  Nothing  but  mortal  terror  ever  l)roii3ht 
that  peculiar  exclamation  from  my  li])>;,  and  tins  time 
it  came  out  with  all  the  terror  behind  it  that  could 
possibly  have  been  crowded  into  my  soul.  What 
had  happened  I  did  not  know;  I  did  not  want  to 
know.  I  was  dimly  conscious  of  the  fact  that  I  was 
sailing  skyward;  that  I  was  leaving  the  earth  beneath 
me,  and  in  the  next  instant  that  I  was  returning  even 
faster  than  I  went,  and  then — 

When  I  opened  my  eyes  I  was  stretched  out  upon 
the  snow,  with  a  dozen  eager  faces  bending  over  me. 
From  one  of  these  a  blue  tuque  had  been  pushetl  back 
and  the  prettiest  eyes  in  Canada  were  looking  into 
mine,  while  Dick  pressed  the  mouth  of  a  pocket  flask 
to  my  lips.  The  side  of  my  head  felt  as  though  a 
brick  wall  had  fallen  upon  it,  and  when  I  lifted  my 
arm  from  the  snow  I  saw  a  smirch  of  something  that 
looked  very  much  like  blood  upon  the  sieeve  of  my 
white  woolen  blouse. 

"You  forgot  that  cahot,  old  fellow,"  said  Dick  in  a 
cheery  voice.  "It  would  bounce  a  single  man  ten  feet 
in  the  air  where  it  would  not  affect  a  party  of  four 
very  greatly,  you  understand.     Better  now?" 


li    I 


I Jl 


^^ 


A   NOVICE    "TAKING   A   CAIIOT." 


S3 


.?J 


i>\     rill.    M.llii;.  ,  , 

Just  how  sore  I  was  I  did  not  know  uiiiil  I  awoke 
next  mornin},',  hut  notwithsiandinjj  ;ny  hinised  liml)s 
and  the  strip  of  court  phister  over  my  left  ear  I  reso- 
lutely returned  to  the  shde,  the  next  afternooi^  de- 
termined to  master  that  toho^gan  if  I  had  to  wear  it 
and  myself  out  in  the  efTort.     I    held  on   to  the  side 
rails  whenever  I  passed  tiiat  ai/iol  afterward  and  he- 
fore  I  had  spent  two  hours  at  the  hill,  had   the  art 
mastered  so  that  I  could  guide  like  a  veteran.      Piiat 
night  and  the  next  we  attended  cluh  slides  at  the  hill, 
and  if  the  sport  is  attractive  in   daylight    it   is   douhiv 
so  hy  torch  and  moonlight.     Light  ash  poles  with  a 
torch  swinging  at  one  end  thereof  are  stuck  into  the 
snow  on  each  side,  and  at  regular  intervals  along  the 
slide,  and  by  the  ruddy  glow  of  tiie  flaring  smoking 
lamps,  the  grotesque  and   brilliant  colored   costuincvl 
of  the  tobogganists  present    a    scene    that    one    can 
surely  never  forget. 

"  You  shall  take  me  down  the  slide  to-night,  Mr. 
Harry,"  said  the  blue  iiK/nr,  as  we  were  on  our  way 
to  the  hill  the  night  after  my  accident.  (It  had  been 
"Mr.  Harry"  since  the  date  of  my  mishap.)  And  I 
did  take  her  down,  not  once  or  twice,  but  many 
times  that  night,  the  next,  and  the  next,  and  am  quite 
sure  that  in  all  Canada,  tobogganing  had  no  greater 
enthusiast  than  my  humble  self.  Nor  was  the  blue 
tnguc  alone  responsible  for  my  enthusiasm,  for  of  all 
the  sports  I  ever  participated  in  none  can  equal  in 
excitement,  healthful  physical  exercise,  and  real  ex- 
3 


;-"i'j-.!y  ^y" 


i  1  '1 


34 


ON     TIIK     M.rDK. 


Iiilaration  tli;ri  that  of  toliojrj^aiunj^.  The  enjoy 
meiit  one  experiences  !>  stian|j;ely  mingled  with  an 
unilefined  ft-Mr  tliat  would  natural ly  take  possession 
of  a  novice  vviicn  tiavelin;^  ihroujih  the  air  npon  so 
frail  a  lookiiij;  craft  as  a  lohoj^jjfau  at  more  than  rail- 
road speed,  and  can  perhaps  be  best  illustrated  by  tiie 
remark  of  an  American  g"'  whom  I  saw  at  the  slide 
just  after  her  first  trip  on  a  tobogsran. 

"Isn't  it  perfectly  jjlorious?"  said  she,  with  glow- 
ing cheeks  and  flashing  eyes.  "  I  would  not  have 
missed  the  opportunity  for  the  whole  of  Montreal." 

"  Let  us  take  another  whirl,"  suggested  her  es- 
cort. 

"Not  for  the  whole  of  Canada,"  was  the  prompt 
reply,  but  within  ten  minutes  after  siie  was  at  it 
again,  and  finally  left  Montreal  a  confirmed  tobog- 
ganist.  Without  tpiestion,  tobogganing  stands  alone 
as  a  healthful  and  delightful  winter  pastime.  It 
strengthens  one's  lungs,  invigorates  his  body,  and 
tones  up  his  nerves  as  no  lerve  tonic  ever  could. 
Talk  about  nerve  food  ox  ner  o  tonic!  Why,  there 
never  was  a  drug  invented  tliat  can  compare  with 
the  strength-giving  quality  of  Exicucisii.  Exercise 
for  the  nerves  is  what  is  wanted.  Gymnasiums  have 
been  invented  for  the  bone  and  muscle,  and  have 
done  a  world  of  good,  but  where  is  the  machine  to 
properly  exercise  the  nerves?  It  is  the  tobog^-au. 
Let  your  nerves  feel  the  thrill  of  a  swift-flying  trip 
down  a  good  steep  toboggan-slide,  and  they  will  get 


Ljjw 


'Flic  enjoy- 
ed with  ;iii 
!    possession 

air  upon  so 
re  tiian  rail- 
rated  by  tlie 

at  the  slide 

with  <jlow- 
1(1  not  have 
Montreal." 
stod    hfv  es- 

the  prompt 
e  was  at  it 
nied  tohoy- 
itands  alone 
pastime.  It 
body,  and 

ever  could. 

Why,  there 
mpare  with 
i.  Exercise 
asiums  have 
e,  and  have 

machine  to 
e  toboffi^att. 
ft-flyin<j  trip 
hey  will  get 


Nic.nr  s(.i:nk  on  a  idhocujan  si.idk. 


i--> 


??^TI!IT'."gW 


l^ 


36 


ON    THK    SLIDE. 


an  actual  exercise  and  use  that  hardly  anything  else 
in  tills  world  can  give.  There  your  nerve  tonic  is 
drawn  free  from  generous  nature's  everlasting  foun- 
tain of  iiealth — pure  air.  "Nerve  f(/od,"  indeed! 
What  fooil  can  compare  with  such  nerve  cxcrc/sc  as 
that,  while  the  lungs  are  liiled  with  the  ozone  of  tlie 
air  of  a  clear  winter's  night?  Strengthen  your  nerves 
by  use  and  you  get  a  strong  and  better  /icar/  action 
as  well.  This  is  no  fancy,  but  a  fact  founded  on  scien- 
tific truth.  A  prominent  member  of  the  Saratoga 
Toboggan  Club  told  the  writer  tiiat  when  he  first 
joined  the  club  his  nerves  were  very  weak,  and  any 
little  excitement  made  his  hands  tremble,  and  his 
heart  beat  faster.  His  first  slide  nearly  unmanned 
him.  He  tried  it  but  once  that  day,  but  fascinated 
with  the  sport,  he  soon  became  one  of  the  most  active 
members  of  the  club,  and  has  ever  since  been  strongly 
conscious  of  a  better  heart  action  and  more  strength 
of  nerve. 


1 

■1  i  ■; 

1 

1 

ILJ 

1 

anything  else 
iicivc  tonic  is 
riasting  foun- 
/0(1,"  indeed! 
ve  fxcrc/sc  as 
;  ozone  of  tiie 
:n  your  nerves 
heart  action 
ided  on  scien- 
tiie  Saratoga 
when  he  first 
eak,  and  any 
nble,  and  iiis 
rly  unmanned 
but  fascinated 
he  most  active 
been  strongly 
nore  strength 


SNOW  SHOEING. 
IV. 

A    TRAMP    CKOSS-COUNTRY    BY     MOONLIGHT    AND 
TOUCH. 

In  addition  to  tlie  delights  of  tobogganing  how- 
ever, I  had  still  to  be  initiated  in  a  sport  equally  as 
interesting  and  novel,  that  of  snow-shoeing,  and  I  re- 
ceived my  first  intimation  of  it  one  morning  at  the 
breakfast  table  when  "the  blue  tuque''''  announced 
that  "the  Castle"  had  been  selected  at  the  last  club 
meeting  as  the  rendezvous  for  the  next  shoe  tramp, 
which  was  to  take  place  that  evening.  "We  shall 
walk  to  Twombley's,"  said  she,  "by  the  hill  route 
and  if  the  moon  is  shining  it  should  be  a  delightful 
tramp,  for  the  air  is  cold  and  dry  as  a  whip." 

"It  does  not  look  any  too  promising  tor  moonlight, 
Reggie,"  said  Dick,  with  a  glance  through  the  win- 
dow at  the  leaden  colored  clouds.  "Guess  I'd  better 
fix  up  the  torches." 

"Well  if  it  snows,  so  much  the  better,"  said  "the 
blue  t liquet 

(37) 


f?^ 


UM«M 


: ' 


iiii 


1    ! 


iu 


\   I  1. 1  II    I  KAMI'    IN    (  ANADA. 


SIWsiM 


SNOW    SlIOEI.N(;. 


39 


h<m»„ 


"Look  here  Dick,"  said  I  to  my  host  after  break- 
fast, "how  the  deuce  am  I  <^oing  to  get  over  the 
ground  on  those  tenuis  bats?  I  never  was  on  a  pair 
of  them  in  my  life." 

"That's  a  fact,"  ruminated  Dick.  "I  hadn't  tliought 
of  that.  Guess  I'll  have  to  break  you  in  a  l)it  be  fore- 
hand," and  going  to  tile  store  room  my  Canuck  friend 
soon  reappeared  with  two  pairs  of  what  lie  termed 
•'snow  skimmers,"  but  which  looked  to  me  like  the 
most  unwieldy  arrangements  ever  invented  to  fit  upon 
a  man's  foot,  and  here  I  may  give  my  American 
readers  something  of  an  idea  as  to  the  looks,  con-' 
struction,  and  uses  of  this  ancient  foot  gearing,  for  it 
is  as  old  as  the  toboggan  itself,  and  like  the  sled  of 
the  Northmen  is  an  invention  of  the  Esquimau  ;'":d 
North  American  Indian.  Certainly  no  invention 
better  adapted  to  the  purpose  for  which  it  is  intended 
could  have  been  invented,  although  civilization  is  in- 
debted for  it  to  the  untutored  red  man  and  the  Lap. 
lander. 

The  shoe  in  general  appearance  is  not  unlike  a 
tennis  bat,  as  I  had  facetiously  referred  to  it  in  my 
conversation  with  Dick.  The  frame  is  made  of  a 
single  strip  of  hickory  or  ash,  as  light  in  weight  as  it 
is  possible  to  obtain.  This  is  bent  liouble  imtil  the 
ends  meet  and  then  bound  together  for  a  distance  of 
six  oi  ten  inches— according  to  the  intended  length  of 
the  shoe— until  a  long  oval,  terminating  in  a  sort  of 
tail,  is  produced      A  thin  piece  of  flat  wood  is  then  fit- 


!i: 


II 


I 


!!i 


3i 


liJ 


40 


SNOW     SHOEING. 


ted  in  the  jval  exteiuliiig  across  the  frame  and  about 
six  inches  from  the  l)road  end,  and  a  second  piece  a 
foot  or  so  from  this  to  strengthen  tne  frame  and  give 
it  as  mnch  elasticity  as  possible.  From  side  to  side 
the  oval  is  then  woven  with  deer  thongs  tr  tendons 
forming  a  delicate  hasketwork  surface  ca,.  ,le  of 
sustaining  upon  the  surface  of  the  snow  the  weight  of 
the  heaviest  man.  In  walking  with  the  snow  shoe 
onl)'  the  toe  is  fastened  to  it  by  a  toe  strap,  and  two 
pieces  of  deer  skin  which  pass  over  the  instep  and  are 
^  fixed  at  the  back  of  the  ankle.  In  order  that  the  heel 
of  the  wearer  may  rise  and  fall  and  tiie  toe  sink  so  ns 
not  to  impeile  his  progress,  a  hole  is  left  in  the  center  of 
the  basket  work  just  under  the  toe  strap,  antl  into  this 
the  toe  of  the  wearer  sinks  with  every  forward  step. 
The  moveinent  is  a  peculiar  gliding  one,  wholly  un- 
like tliat  of  tile  natural  walk,  the  snow  shoe  being 
slipped  along  over  tiie  white  crystals  rather  than 
raised  and  planted  down  as  in  ordinary  walking. 
The  snow  shoes  used  by  the  Inilians  measure  from 
three  to  six  feet  in  length,  and  from  twelve  to  twenty 
inches  in  breadth,  although  the  regulation  tramping 
shoe  of  the  Canadian  shoe  clubs  is  from  ten  to  four- 
teen inches  in  width,  and  from  three  and  one  half  to 
five  feet  in  length.  The  costmiies  adopted  by  the 
Canadian  clubs  dKTer  in  color  according  of  course  to 
club  uniform  rules,  but  in  cut  are  very  similar  to  the 
toboggan  costume,  consisting  of  a  blanket  coat  or 
cloak,  with   sash  and   tuque  and  knee  breeches,  and 


^jPr*r~~ — ~" 


le  and  about 
•ond  piece  a 
me  anc!  give 
1  side  to  side 
*  or  tendons 
J  cij.  ,le  of 
lie  weight  of 
'.  snow  siioe 
rap,  and  two 
step  and  are 
that  the  heel 
oe  sink  so  jjs 
I  he  center  of 
and  into  this 
jrw^ard  step. 
,  wlioily  un- 
/  shoe  being 
rather  than 
ry  walking, 
easure  from 
ve  to  twenty 
on  tr;imping 
ten  to  fonr- 
\  one  half  to 
ipted  by  the 
of  course  to 
imilar  to  the 
iket  coat  or 
reeches,  and 


SNOW  -SlR)i:i\(i 


4' 


warm  wool  stockini^s  for  the  gentlemen.     Both  sexes 
wear  warm  wool  lir.cd  moccasins.      His  snow   shoes 
are    as    important   an   item  in  the  equipment  of  the 
Canadian  huntsman   as   is  his   ;  'U\   or   his  cartridge 
belt ;  to  the  l()gm;in  as  is  his  axe ;  and  to  the  Indian  buck 
as  is  his  bow  and  quiver,      Tlicy  are  freciuently  used 
by  the  Canadian  troops  in  overland   marches,  and  in 
the  less  thickly  inhabited  districts  where  the  villagers 
may  have  to  w:dk  long  distances  over  trackless  wastes 
of  snow  to  reach  their  educational  institutes  or   their 
places  of  worship,  it  is  a  common  thing  to  see  school 
children  and  adults  mounted  upon  snow  shoes  as  they 
tramp  llieir  way   to  the  village  school    and  church. 
Tlie  tramps   of  the    Montreal   snow   shoe  clubs  are 
looked  forward  to  by  their  members  with  undisguised 
delight  and  impatience  during  the  summer  months, 
and   are    certainly    most    delightful    institutions.     So 
crisp,  and  clear  ami  cold  is  tiie  Canadian  winter  air, 
that  the  moonlight  nights  are  bright  enough  to  ena- 
ble one  to  read  line  print,  and  thus  lighted  by  I.una's 
gentle  glow,   the  gaily  costumed   snow   shoers  trod 
the  crust  of  the  white   mantle,  up    hill    and    down, 
through  forest  and  open,  along  highways   and   skirt- 
ing  hedges,   over   fences  and  ditches — for  the  expert 
snow  shoerdoes  not  hesitate  a  moment  at  an  ordinary 
five  rail  tonce-  until,  alter  having  laughed  and  flirted, 
chatted  and  tumbled,  they  draw  up  at  their  destination, 
with  tl-.e   warm  blood  coursing  through  their  veins 
and  glowing  in  their  faces,  hungry  enough  to  render 


AN    I.XPl-RT   TAKINC   A   KF.NTE, 


(Lj 


;j^'^l,.J.',.-il.JJi.J..l.iy         -  imrw 


SNOW    SHOEING. 


43 


desolate  the  t-.rst  laiclor  accessible.  Should  the  moon 
not  be  "out,"  the  path  of  the  "tramps"  is  li<^hted  by 
flaring  torches  svvun<j  at  the  ends  of  short  sticks  and 
carried  over  the  shoulders  of  the  gentlemen,  ind  al- 
most any  dark  winter  night  the  woodlands  surrounding 
Quebec,  Montreal,  Toronto,  Kingston  and  the  other 
populous  towns  and  cities  of  the  Dominion  are  filled 
with  such  parties.  In  their  regular  club  tramps  which 
often  extend  eighteen,  twenty,  and  twenty-five  miles 
of  an  evening,  the  members  of  the  Montreal,  the 
Emerald,  the  St.  George's,  Maple  Leaf,  Argyle, 
Athletic,  Custom  House,  Prince  of  Wales,  and  the 
score  or  more  of  other  snow  shoeing  clubs  in  and 
about  Montreal,  are  unattended  by  ladies,  and  give 
themselves  up  tc  the  royal  time  they  invariably  enjoy. 
But  to  return  to  the  system  of  breaking  in,  to  which  I 
was  subjected  by  Dick  on  the  morning  in  cpiestion. 

In  anticipation  of  the  ridiculous  figure  a  novice 
would  cut  upon  a  pair  of  snow  shoes,  and  wishing  to 
impress  the  girls  with  the  idea  that  I  was  a  veteran 
"tramp,"  when  the  time  came  for  the  club  walk  that 
evening,  I  induced  Dick  to  adjourn  to  a  level  stretch 
of  snow  a  half  a  mile  distant  from  the  big  house, 
and  there  instruct  me  in  the  first  principles  of  the  art. 
The  shoes  were  soon  attached  to  my  feet  and  there  I 
stood  helplessly,  while  my  tutor  adjusted  his  own  foot 
gearing. 

"Now,  my  boy,  strike  out,"  said  Dick,  as  he 
moved  gracefully   off  over  tht  sot't,  deep  snow.     It 


1^ 


'    '' 

t!'!' 


I  ft 


' ,  III 


i 


44 


SNOW    SMOEINt;. 


looked  easy  enough,  and  I  forthwith  "  struck  out," 
■  nit  with  cxceerling  caution,  for  I  had  heard  of  the 
treacherous  character  of  the  snow-shoe,  even  thoujrh 
I  had  never  tested  it.  Slowly  I  slipped  the  (to  me) 
cumhersonie  thintjs  over  the  surface  of  the  snow, 
and  was  surprised  to  Hnd  that,  after  all,  snow-shoeing 
was  not  so  dirticult  a  feat  as  I  had  imagined,  and 
growing  hoKlcr  with  the  iliscovery,  I  essayed  Dick's 
free  and  confident  air.  One  peculiarity  ahout  snow- 
shoeing  is  that  when  a  fellow  thinks  he  has  got  the 
knack  down  pretty  fine,  he  is  most  apt  to  he  brought 
to  a  sudden  realization  that  what  he  doti't  know 
about  it  would  fill  any  book  ever  published;  and  so  it 
was  with  me,  for  within  ten  seconds  after  my  first 
Hush  of  confidence,  I  planted  the  toe  of  my  right 
shoe  upon  the  inner  edge  of  my  left,  and  plunged 
head  forward  into  a  three-foot  drift,  from  which  I 
extricated  myself  only  with  Dick's  assistance.  With 
my  soul  full  of  determination  and  my  neck  full  of 
melting  snow,  I  went  at  it  again,  however,  and  for 
two  hours  I  staggered  and  stumbled,  floundered  and 
tumbled,  beat  the  air  with  my  arms  and  the  snow 
with  my  feet,  until  finally  tired  out  and  exhausted,  I 
seated  myself  upon  a  snow-covered  log  and  gloomily 
reviewerl  the  very  much  disordered  course  over  which 
I  had  received  my  first  lesson  in  snow-shoeing. 

"  I  guess  you  can  count  me  out  of  the  party  to- 
night,  Dick,"  I  said  between  my  gasps,  as  I  pulled 
off  my  tuque  and  mopped  my  perspiring  brow. 


.1 


SNOW     MIOKINc;, 


45 


struck  out," 
lioard  of  the 
even  thou<Th 
the  (to  me) 
f  the  snow, 
iiovv-shoeing 
lajjiued,  and 
sayed  Dick's 
about  snow- 
has  got  the 
)  he  brought 
doti't  know 
eil;  and  so  it 
tor  my  first 
>f  my  right 
uid  plunged 
im  which  I 
mce.  Witli 
neck  full  of 
ver,  and  for 
nidered  and 
id  the  snow 
sxhausted,  I 
tid  gloomily 
'  over  which 
3eing. 

le  party  te- 
as I  pulled 
brow. 


"  Nonsense,"  said  Dick,  who  stood  near  me,  rest- 
ing easily  upon  one  shoe  and  tapj)ing  die  snow  with 
the  frame  of  the  other;  "you  iiave  gone  through  the 
woist  of  it,  and  when  the  knack  comes,  it  comes  like 
ice-skating — all  at  once.  Now  try  it  again.  (Jlide 
the  shoes  over  one  another — like  this — so  as  nol 
weaken  you  ami  tire  you  out.  Rai>e  the  shoe  liglitly 
with  the  toe  when  taking  an  advance  step,  so  that 
the  end  will  trail;  keep  3'our  head  u|)  and  throw 
your  shoulders  back,  and  it  will  come  as  easilv  as 
walking  over  flag-stones.  Now  try  it.  We  will 
make  for  that  fence  at  the  end  of  the  field." 

How  could  a  man  fail  after  such  minute  instruction 
as  this,  and  be  voted  other  tlian  excecilingly  stupid? 
With  considerably  less  confidence  in  my  abilitv  than 
Dick  seemed  to  have,  I  carefully  got  upon  my  feet 
and  made  a  start.  To  my  surprise  I  «Ud  not  go 
down,  and  with  each  step  my  confidence  increased. 

"You've  got  it,  old  fellow;  you've  got  it  dead  to 
rights  f''  Qx'\ei\  Dick,  encouragingly.  ''Don't  raise 
the  shoe  quite  so  high.  That's  it."  And  I  finally 
took  a  seat  upon  the  fence  at  the  edge  of  the  field, 
conscious  that  I  had  walked  a  (juarter  of  a  mile 
without  a  mishap.  It  came  easil}-  after  this  anil  when 
finally  Dick  suggested  that  we  walk  back  to  the 
house  upon  our  shoes,  I  jumped  at  the  suggestion, 
and  reached  the  big  portico  without  an  accident. 
Eurek  \  I  was  at  last  master  of  the  contrivance, 
and  "i.ie  blue  tuque''''  should  not  want  for  an  expert 
escort  on  the  evening's  iranip. 


il 


m?' 


E 


!   i  ;■ 


ILJ 


46 


SNOW    SHOEING. 


Wlien  night  fell  upon  "the  Castle,"  the  snow  com- 
menced to  fall  with  it  from  the  dark  leaden-colored 
clouds  above,  and  all  hopes  of  i  moonlight  night 
were  given  up. 

"Never  mind,  we'll  have  tlie  torches  to  light  us," 
said  the  blue  /uc/itc,  "and  I  should  a  thousand  times 
rather  walk  in  the  flying  snow  than  by  moonlight. 
It's  getting  colder  too.  I  had  not  hoped  for  such 
good  luck." 

I  looked  at  this  bright  eyed,  rosy-faced  Canadian 
girl,  whoso  lithe  and  graceful  figure,  perfect  com- 
plexion, and  earnest,  impulsive,  animated  disposition 
denoted  perfect  physical  and  ideal  womaidiood,  and 
thought,  as  I  heard  her  declaring  her  love  for  the 
cold,  crisp  air  and  the  whirling  snows  of  a  Canadian 
winter,  and  at  the  prospect  of  taking  a  walk  in  which 
she  seemed  delighted:  "This,  then,  is  the  secret  of 
Canadian  women's  well  developed  and  symmetrical 
figures;  their  bright  eyes  and  fresh  complexions;  their 
elastic  step  and  graceful  carriage,  which  stamps  the 
Canadian  girl  even  upon  the  streets  of  cosmopolitan 
New  York  or  Chicago." 

It  was  a  merry,  brightly  costumed  crowd  of  young 
Canadians  that  came  down  upon  "  the  Castle  "  in 
doubles  and  quartettes  that  evening;  shortly  after 
seven  o'clock,  twoscore  or  more  of  them  stood  in  the 
great  hall  of  the  hospitable  old  mansion.  The  uni- 
forms of  both  young  men  and  wc.ncn  were  alike 
in  color,  being  white,  with  tuques,  sashes,  and  stock- 


'*^S!!SBSXli..C7wH'.>3J^ 


;  snow  com- 
icleii-colored 
Wight  iiigiit 

:o  light  us," 

iisand  times 

moonlight. 

icil  for  such 

d  Canadian 
erfect  com- 
disposition 
mhood,  and 
3ve  for  the 
a  Canadian 
Ik  in  which 
ic  secret  of 
iymnietrical 
xions;  their 
stamps  the 
)smopoiitan 

'd  of  young 
Castle"  in 
hortly  after 
stood  in  the 
The  uni- 
were  alike 
,  and  stock- 


SNOW     MU>l:i\(,.  A>j 

ings  of  bright  blue,  the  feet  of  all  being  encased  in 
warm  thick  moccasins,  and  all  carrying  their  snow- 
shoes  swung  over  their  left  shoulders.  A  piece  of 
the  goldcn-luicd  snow-crusled  cake  that  had  been 
provided  for  all;  a  i)it  of  rich  red  Hurgiindy  to  keep 
out  the  cold,  and  then  shortly  before  eight  o'clock, 
snow-slioes  were -^trajiped  ov.Jn</iics  pulled  o\fi  ears, 
hands  thrust  into  gauntlets  and  sashes  bound  more 
tightly  about  manly  and  womanly  wais:  and  each 
man  seizing  a  torch,  singled  out  the  young  woman 
who  had  elected  to  bear  his  mishai)s  with  him  in  the 
tramp,  and  away  we  stinted  in  single  file  across  the 
broad  lawn,  with  Dick  and  his  sister  Xell  brinn-iii"- 
up  the  rear  as  "whippers  in."  I  experienced  no 
trouble  this  time.  The  lesson  of  the  morning  had 
been  an  efTective  one,  and  if  I  did  not  walk  like  a 
veteran,  I  at  least  walked  well  enough  to  concea! 
the  fact  that  I  was  enjoying  my  first  tramp,  and  the 
light  of  my  torch  Hashed  upon  "the  blue  tii(/nc" 
at  my  side,  for  whose  sake  1  had  imdergone  the  bat- 
tle of  the  morning.  The  snow  was  coming  down  in 
a  gentle  tall,  and  the  air  was  colil,  dry  and  bracing. 
Across  the  lawn  tramped  our  party,  their  torches 
looking  like  a  big  serpent  of  fire  winding  its  way 
over  the  mantle  of  snow  that  covered  the  earth  to  a 
depth  of  two  feet  or  more,  the  grotesque  style  of  the 
uniforms,  with  their  bright  tngitcs  and  sashes,  the 
smoky  glare  of  the  torches  and  the  happy  laughter 
and  careless  chat  of  the  snow  shoers   rendcrinj;   the 


;r' 


48 


^\()\\      Mll)KIN(i. 


sceiu'  iiiul  siluiitioii  lirim  full  ot'eiijoviin-'nt.  Wcwcrc 
bouml  for  Twomhiey's,  a  country  slmI  thici-  milt's 
distant,  where  we  knew  that  ^oixl   chcei'.  '11  laid 

hoard  and  a  iicarty  welcome  awaited  liiou^^li 

the  pates  of  the  Castle  jjrouiids  we  til  1  1  hen  out 
onto  the  hij^hway,  which   after   half  a  ot  travel 

we  left  for  a  cross  coiuitrv  route.  Fences  were  en- 
countered, hut  nianlv  hands  and  aims  soon  made  a 
hreacii  for  our  fair  charges,  and  on  we  went  over 
meadow  and  throu<(h  woodland,  wliile  tui/iics  were 
pushed  hack  and  sasiies  loosened,  as  our  hlood  hejran 
to  jump  throuyth  our  veins  svitji  the  iu'althl\il  exer- 
cise. Once  we  saw  another  line  of  toiciies  half  a 
mile  away  across  the  meadow,  antl  we  heard  and 
answered  their  distant  "  yo-c-dcP^  as  it  was  home 
to  us  upon  the  still  night  air.  It  was  in  the  midst  of 
my  heartfelt  enjoyment  of  tlie  trip,  and  just  as  I  was 
in  the  humor  to  slap  myself  on  the  hack  for  my  suc- 
cess as  a  snow-shoer,  that  something  happeiu:d.  Just 
how  it  happened  I  do  not  knf)w,  hut  something  must 
have  gotten  sailly  tangled,  for  hoth  my  shoes  seemed 
suddenly  to  hecome  possessed  of  theil  vil,  and  over  I 
went,  heels  over  head  into  the  snow,  finally  stopping 
Hat  on  my  hack  with  my  shoes  waving  wildly  in 
the  air.  Of  course  my  torch  went  with  me  and  it 
managed  to  give  vent  to  a  hiss  of  disapproval  as  I 
shoved  it  into  the  snow,  but  the  act  left  us — "  the  blue 
tuque''''  and  I,  in  darkness,  and  before  the  next  torch 
came  upon  us,  I  was,  with  the  prompt  assistance  of 


lU 


^» 


t.  We  were 
I  luce  miles 
•11  laid 
hiou<;li 
iiKJ  .hen  out 
'L  ot  liiivel 
L's  were  eii- 
ooM  iiKide  a 
went  i)ver 
Uiijiics  were 
Mood  hejjran 
altlifiil  exer- 
nches  half  a 
;  heard  and 
t  was  borne 
the  midst  of 
ust  as  I  was 
for  my  suc- 
ipencd.  Just 
lethin^  must 
noes  seemed 
1,  and  over  I 
illy  stoppinjj 
fj  wildly  in 
li  me  and  it 
pproval  as  I 
s — "  the  blue 
e  next  torch 
assistance  of 


••NOW      SIIOllIM,.  ig 

my  little  partner,  on  my  feet  ai,'ain.  1  smotlu  red 
the  invective  that  arose  to  my  lips,  lijjh'ed  my  ex- 
tinguished  torch  from  the  llame  of  the  next  couple, 
and  forged  ahead  with  Dick's  '■'Vo-i-tft/,  Torch 
down!"  ringin<,r  in  my  ears,  and  the  consciousness 
thai  '-the  blue  tiKjuc'  beside  me  was  strujj<,'lin<;  li;ud 
to  suppress  her  lau<,'l)ter. 

"  Funny,  wasn't  it,  Miss  Reg<,Me,"  I  asked  (inallv, 
when  the  silence  had  become  oppressive. 

"Very,"  came  the  answer  in  a  voice  chokiuf,'  with 
girlish  mirth,  and   then,  unable  to  concal    her  sense 
of  the  ridiculous  lon<,a"r,  she  burst  forth  into  a  peal  of 
laughter  in  which  I    joined,  and    for  a  hich   I   readily 
forgave    her    when    she    asked   it.     Fifteen    minutes 
later  we  arrived  at  Twombley's,  a  big  old  fashioned 
house  like  '  the  Castle,"  the  home  of  a  Montreal  mer- 
chant,whose  greatest  enjoyment  lay  in  seeing  his  ma- 
tronly-looking wife,  his  two  manly  sons  and  as  manr 
fair  daughters  make  the  best  of  life.     Warm  was  the 
welcome  and  bounteous  the  repast  that  had  been  pre- 
pared for  our  coming.     Snow-shoes   were  shed  and 
stood  upon  end  in  the  big  portico,  and    in   the  glow 
from  the    old    fireplace   in  the  big  hall,  cloaks    and 
coats  were  removed,  and  the   merry-making  began. 
Several  pieces  of  music  were  present  and  with  waltz 
and  quadrille,  the  sword  dance  from  a  young  Scotch- 
man by  the  name  of  McGregor,  a  pretty  fancy  dance 
with  a  Highland-fling  step  by  the  little  "blue  tuqiic^' 
and  songs  by  others  of  our  party,  three  hours  of  an 


W' 


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%  u 


HOMF.   HY    MiloM  ii^itl  . 


ir 


SNOW    SHOEING. 


5' 


evening  I  shall  never  forget,  sped  by  all  too  quickly. 
Then  once  more  cloaks  and  coats  were  donned;  sashes 
tightened,  snow-shoes  adjusted,  and  under  the  radiant 
light  of  a  lovely  inoon,which  lowering  clouds  nolonoer 
hid,  we  bade  our  generous  hosts  farewell  and  started 
upon  our  return  tramp  to  the  Castle,  which  we 
reached  a  full  hour  after  midnight.  A  parting  flagon 
m  the  big  hall— cm  snow-shoes;  good-nights  were 
spoken,  and  half  an  hour  after,  in  my  dreams  I  was 
tramping  back  to  Twomhley's  with  "the  blue  tuque''' 
beside  me. 

And  now  farewell  to  Canada,  but  only  until  an- 
other winter  sha'l  have  rolled  around,  for  then,  un- 
less our  own  country  shall  have  shown  a  disposition 
to  improve  its  opportunities  in  a  social  sense  and 
enjoy  winter  life  to  some  extent  as  the  Canucks 
enjoy  it,  the  snows  of  another  year  will  see  the  writer 
in  Montreal,  where  King  Boreas  hokis  court,  as 
he  reigns  in  no  city  in  all  this  broad  conntrv  of  our.. 


i 


i  ;l 


THE  COMING  PASTIME. 
V. 

THE  FUTURE  OK  TOBOGGANING — RULES  FOR  THE 
GOVERNMENT  OF  A  TOBOGGAN  CLUB— BADGES 
AND  UNIFORMS— THE  ARTIFICIAL  SLIDE— PI  ANS 
AND  SPECIFICATIONS  FOR  CONSTRUCTINc;  THE 
SAME. 

In  concluding^  this  work,  I  want  to  say  to  lovers 
of  winter  sports  not  only  in  New  York  anci  Chicago, 
but  throughout  the  Eastern  and  New  Englaiul  States 
and  in  Northern  Illinois,  Indiana,  Ohio  and  Missouri, 
as  well  as  throughout  Wisconsin,  Minnesota  and 
Iowa,  that  tobogganing  should  and  can  be  tiie  popu- 
lar winter  pastime  in  all  of  these  sections.  Natural 
slides,  as  I  have  stated  in  the  early  pages  of  this 
book,  arc  //d/  nearly  so  desirable  or  safe  as  are  the 
artifclal^  and  any  one  witii  a  little  ingenuity,  and  at 
very  little  expense,  can  construct  a  very  good  tobog- 
gan slide.  So  far  as  Chicago  is  concerned,  the  trans- 
formation at  the  Chicago  ball  park,  turning  those 
beautiful  athletic  grounds  into  a  great  center  of  winter 
pastimes,  will  probably  set  the  ball  rolling  in  ice- 
skating  rinks  and  tobogganing  this  winter;  and  next 
winter,  if  indeed   it  does  not  take  place  this  winter, 

(?2) 


FOR     THE 
—BADGES 

i — PI  ANS 
IXC;      THE 

to  lovers 
Chic.igo, 
iiul  States 
Missouri, 
-■seta  and 
I  lie  popu- 

Natiiral 
!s  of  this 
s  arc  the 
ty,  and  at 
od  tobog- 
the  traiis- 
Injj  those 
of  winter 
fj  in  ice- 
and  next 
is  winter, 


TIIK    COMINCi     I'ASTIMK. 

I  fancy  that  at  no  infreqi'  it  intervals  along  Drexel 
and  Grand  boulevards  and  the  other  drives  leading 
to  spacious  parks  and  public  breathing  grounds,  to- 
boggan slides  will  have  been  erected  by  as  many 
flourishing  clubs,  and  that  when  not  tobogganing, 
these  same  clubs  will  be  participating  in  the  exhila- 
rating and  in  every  way  pleasurable  sport  of  snow- 
shoe  walking.  The  winters  both  in  Chicago  and 
New  York  are  beautifully  adapted  to  every  sport  that 
obtains  to  so  conspicuous  an  extent  in  Canada,  and 
that  it  has  not  long  ere  this  been  taken  advantage  of, 
is  the  fault  of  our  young  people  themselves.  Let 
the  sport  once  be  thorouj:,'.ily  understood,  and  it  can- 
not fail  to  be  appreciated  to  an  extent  that  will  make 
it  as  immensely  popular  in  the  United  States  as  in 
Canada. 

The  Kenwood  Club  in  Chicago,  and  the  Orange 
and  Tuxedo  Clidis  down  in  Jersey,  are  doubtless 
only  the  first  of  the  many  organizations  of  the  kind 
that  must  spring  into  existence  with  the  populariza- 
tion of  tobogganing,  and  for  the  guidance  of  any 
young  people  wishing  to  organize,  we  print  the  fol- 
lowing form  for  by-laws  and  club  regulations  as  now 
m  vogue  among  the  Canadian  clubs. 


11: 


Hi 


CLUB  ORGANIZATION. 

BY-LAWS  ; 

OR, 

HULKS    AND    HKGUI.ATIONS 

OK     THE 

Toboggan    Club, 

ARTICLE    I. 

This  club  shall  be  called  the 

Toboggan   Club,  and   is  established  with  a   view   to 
encouraging  the  love  of  a  healthful  out-door  sport. 

ARTICLE     II. 

The  badge  of  this  club  shall  be 

and  a  Toboggan  on  a  ribbon  to  be  selected  by  a  com- 
mittee of  lady  associate  members. 

ARTICLE    III. 

The  membership  of  this  club  shall  be  of  active  mem- 
bers, honorary  members,  and  lady  associate  mem- 
bers. 

None  but  active  members  shall  vote  or  be  eligible 
for  office. 

(54) 


1 


«.  1,1  H    OKliAM/.A  1  ION. 


."l.t 


Club. 


/iew   to 
sport. 


r  a  com- 


e  mem- 
:  mem- 
eligible 


ARTICLE    IV. 

Elections.  -Elections  of  members  shall  be  by 
ballot;  one  black  ball  in  ten  votes  shall  exclude  an 
applicant. 

ARTICLE    V. 

The  annual  subscription  shall  be  as  follows: 
Scr.  I,     Active  members,       -     -     (Five  Dollars.) 
Sec.  2.     Lady  associate  members,    (  ) 

Sec.  J.     Every   member  on    being   elected    sliall 

sign  the  Rules  and  Regulations,  and  pay  his  dues 

within  ten  days. 

Sec.  4.     Annual    subscriptions    shall    be  due   and 

payable  on  the  first  day  of  November,  each  and  every 

year. 

Sec.  jT.     Any  member  in  arrears  for  two  months 

shall  be  excluded  from  all  the  privileges  of  the  club, 

and   in  four  months   may  be  expelled   from  the  club 

for  the  same  cause. 

Sec.  6.     Badges  shall  be  issued  to  members  only 

upon  payment  of  dues. 

Sec.  7.     Special  Badges  may  be  obtained  from  the 

Treasurer  for  the  use  of  children  under  15  on 

(Jays)  from  o'clock  to  ,  , 

on  payment  of  $ 

ARTICLE    VI. 

Officers. — Sec.  i.  The  officers  of  this  club 
shall  consist  of  a  President,  Vice  Presidents, 

Secretary  and  Treasurer. 


g1",.-'Ujt.-jU'i'-7ij,M4»i'-iW..Jif-"M-lU' .  ■'..  -ua 


MBI 


Hi 


56 


CLUIf    ORGANIZATION. 


Sec.  2.  Elections  of  officers  shall  be  by  billot 
annually,  and  meetinjjs  for  that  purpose  shall  be  held 
on  the  first  Tuesday  in  November. 

ARTICLE    VII. 

Duties  of  Officers._6>c.  7.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  President  to  preside  at  all  meetings,  and 
see  that  the  rules  of  the  club  are  enforced  at  all 
times;  to  appoint  committees  of  management  when- 
ever the  business  of  the  club  requires  it,  and  to  call 
special  meetings  upon  request  of  any  five  members. 
In  the  absence  of  the  President  the  duties  to  be  per- 
formed  by  one  of  the  Vice-Presidents. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  tiie  duty  of  the  Secretary  to 
keep  an  accurate  record  of  proceedings,  and  to  attend 
to  all  correspondence. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Treasurer  to 
receive  all  moneys  paid  into  the  club,  and  keep  a  reg- 
ular  account  of  receipts  and  disbursements;  and  no 
bills  shall  be  paid  hy  him  except  such  as  hax'e  been 
approved  by  the  Managing  Committee. 

Sec.  4.  He  shall  send  notices  to  all  members  of 
unpaid  dues. 

Sec.  5.  Tile  Managing  Committee  may  call  spe- 
cial meetings  at  any  time  upon  six  days'  notice,  and 
fifteen  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  ordi- 
nary  business.  The  Committee  can  make  rules  for 
the  management  and  use  of  the  slide. 


■iirmnn-tfctt. 


fl.Ll)    OKOAMZ.M  ION. 


57 


■  by   ballot, 
liall  be  held 


liall  be  the 
actings,  and 
reed  at  all 
nent  when- 
and  to  call 
;  members. 
>  to  be  per- 

,'cretary  to 
i  to  attend 

reasurer  to 
:eep  a  reg;- 
s;  and  no 
have  been 

smbers  of 

/  call  spe- 

lotice,  and 

for  ordi- 

rules  for 


AUTlCI.Ii:    VIII. 

Sec.  I.  Any  member  who  has  been  guilty  of  un- 
gentlemanly  conduct  may  be  suspended  by  the  Com- 
mittee, or  may  be  expelled  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of 
the  members  present,  at  a  regularly  called  meeting 
for  that  purpose. 

Sec.  2.  Members  using  the  slide  must  wear  the 
club  badge  or  uniform. 

Club  badges  cannot  be  transferred. 

Sec.  J.  No  one  can  be  admitted  to  the  slide  with- 
out a  club  badge. 

Sec.  4.  Special  badges  for  visitors  may  be  had  of 
the  Managing  Committee  subject  to  limitation  by 
Committee,  upon  payment  of  $ 

ARTICLE    IX. 

The  Rules  may  be  amended  or  repealed  by  a  two- 
thirds  vote  at  a  meeting  regularly  called  for  that  pur- 
pose. 

RULES 

GOVERNING    THE    TOBOGGAN    SLIDE. 
O 

I.  There  will  be  no  charge  for  the  use  of  the 
slide. 

II.  Felt  badges  intende.l  to  be  worn  on  the  left 
brtast  or  left  arm  by  club  members  and  their  lady 
guests,  may  be  secured  upon  payment  of  twcnty-Jive 
cents  each,  at  the  store  of 


--i,u,  M.j-jjiM'4w-r 


I  •TTi'TTri-inaaMite 


m 


5S 


t'.l'll    <)H(;a.Mzatio\. 


THN-OAV     „AO,;ks    KOK    GUESTS. 

III.  Ac//vr   members    shall    be    provided    bv   th. 

r:„;:;:r::7^'"'-""i,ir,r"^"""""' 

In,..,  >z  .  ■      ^pon   their   hrst    \  sit 

nr  '  '■'■^""'■'■'"'' ""  -/'„„■ ., w  .„  ae  cij. 

IV.  Club  ,„„l  visit,,,.,.  |„,.|„„,  ,„„,,  , 
Pla.ns,gk,a,  ,„/ „;„c,.     Club  b.<lg„  .,r,- „.„  ,„    ". 

y.  Rule  xNo.  3,  relati,,.   ,o  guests,  may  be  modi 
fied  at  any  time  by  the  Ho.rd  o?  Trustees 

;^e^a^ta.ers,^..^..,.^^,^j;:;r- 

VII.  No  one  will   be  allowed  to  steer  a  toboggan 
nless  wearing  ,noccasins  or  overshoes.     This  To 

•-h.ts  the  wearing  of  a  leather  boot  in  steering.    ' 

VIII.  The  committee  and  care-takers  shall   hive 
absolute  control  o(  \hp  -hl^tr  ,    , 

each  toboggan  ^    ^"'^  "''^  ^'^^  ^^^''''^'V  '/ 

By  order  of  the  Trustees, 


_ 


I 


President. 


"^mmm 


;<l  by  the 
ch  visitors 
,  iind  must 
Hist  visit 
•n/icclub- 

•corn  in 
lot  trans- 
iil  owner, 

wearing 
(Ac  slide. 
be  Uiodi- 

II  power, 
slide  and 
hey  may 

iboggan 
his  pro- 
g- 

di  have 
ting  of 


dent. 


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60 


coNsraucii\<,  a  m.idk. 


TO    UUll.I)    A    SI.IDK. 

Only  two  things  are  necessary;  first,  the  territory 
upon  which  to  construct  it,  an,!  second,  the  materials. 
If  the  plans  ncl  specifications  printed  in  this  little 
volume  are  clearly  followed,  any  one  with  even  an 
orilinary  conception  of  carpentering  can  put  up  a  sliiir. 
Following  we  give  specifications  and  estimates  of 
material  required  for  building  a  slide  of  three  chutes 
on  level  ground: 

The  height  of  level  platform  from  ground  to  be  40  feet. 
The  size  of  level  platforiji  to  be  16x18  feet. 
Tlie  length  of  the  chute  or  inclined  part  of  slide  to  be  160 
feet. 

The  slide  to  consist  of  thr.'e  chutewavs  and  a  dragway  and 
steps,  divided  from  each  other  by  a  .xio-inch  plank  spiked  on 
edge,  as  shown  in  cross  section  view  in  accompanying  plan 

[Note.- Wit!,  the  width  <>f  the  whole  slide  at  iS  feet  the 
chutes  are  each  4  .eet  wide,  and  the  stair  and  dragway  5  feet 

r  .:=  '^^!^  '1  '•'■""^'"  ^•'  "'""'■■  '°  ^^  ''''^"  "'""  "ecessarv,  as 
the  'Star  toboggan,  wMch  is  the  standard,  is  only  iS  in'ches 
wide  Sixteen  feet  in  width  is  thought  to  be  sufficient  which 
would  reduc.  the  expense  somewhat,  and  as  ,6  feet  lloor 
beams  .re  mo  e  likely  to  be  found  in  stock  in  ordinary  luml,er 
yards,  It  may  be  better  to  reduce  the  width  of  ihe  ."hute  and 
dragways  proportionately.] 

KSTI.M.VTE    OF    MATF.RI.\L    REQUIRED. 

[/Mff/Us  for  Support  of  AI„h,  Platform  or  Levri  Part  ~ 
Tsventy.onepieces4x6x,3(or  forty-two  pieces  2x6  spiked  to- 
gether,  if  more  convenient). 

UprgLtsfor  Support  of  Irdined  /'r,;7._Thirty-two  pieces 


,  the  territory 

the  materials. 

ill  this  little 

/ith   even  :iii 

lilt  up  a  sliiic. 

estimates  of 

three  chutes 

be  40  feet. 

slide  to  be  160 

n  liragway  and 
lank  spiked  on 
n.ving  plan, 
at  iS  feet,  the 
dtagway  5  feet 
1  necessary,  as 
onl;-  iS  inches 
ifficient,  which 
16  feet  lloor 
dinary  luinlier 
liie  I  hiitc  uiul 


Let'c/  Part, — 
2x6  spiked  to- 

ty-two  pieces 


CONSTIU  triMi     A     M.I  UK. 


6t 


4x6x13  (or  lengliis  lo  cut  to  bcht  ndvantngc  for  shorter  po)tti>), 

FliHU  /)f((/;M5.  — Forty-two  pieccf  ix6xiS(or  16,  as  suggehliil 
in  n  te  al)ovc). 

Fhoi-  Plunk  /or  Lrvfl  I'arl. — Thirty-six  pieceH  Ij4x6xi6 
(proporlioiiately  less,  if  note  is  followed  |, 

floor  lU.nik  lur  Cliutis. — One  lutiidn.'d  and  sixty-eight  pieces 
xy^shwi  (or  proportionately  less,  if  note  is  followed). 

lirme  J'iicis. —  Fil'tv-two  puces  2x5x16. 

For  Sidr  Hail  unit  Siif<porl.-    'I'hirty-one  pieces  2x4x16. 

For  Piniiiii;  Ships. — 'I'hirty  pieces  jx  10x16. 

For  /ioiirdiiii;-  up    {'iitli r  Sidr  Uails, — Fiflv   pieces   J^xSxiO. 

For  S/tiirs,  (tc. — Thirtv  |  ieees  1 14  \ 8x16. 

A  i)undle  of  laths  or  other  light  strips  to  hold  the  ice,  if  the 
slide  is  to  be  paveil  with  ice,  which  is  rccomniendcd.  There 
are  to  he  three  sections  in  elevation  of  platform,  of  13  feet 
lengths,  plactd  one  upon  the  other,  to  obtain  the  lull  elevation 
It  is  intended  to  place  a  flat  stone  or  piece  of  limber  to  stand 
the  iipr'gl.ts  upon.  When  one  post  stands  upon  anotlier  for 
the  upper  sections,  short  pieces  of  plank  should  be  well  spiked 
upon  the  insides  of  the  posts,  one-half  of  the  piece  lapping 
upon  each  post.  These  pieces  are  put  upon  the  inner  sides  in 
order  not  to  lie  in  the  way  of  spiking  on  the  outside  bracing,  as 
shown  in  Ihe  drav%ing. 

The  planking  of  the  platform  is  to  run  lengthwise  of  the 
slide,  and  ihe  jilaiiking  of  tlie  slideways  is  in  12  feet  lengths, 
also  running  lengthwise  of  the  slide. 

The  posts  under  the  pitch  of  the  slide  are  lo  be  placed  just 
12  feet  apart,  from  center  to  center,  and  lloor  beams  are  spiked 
upon  both  sides  of  tne  upper  ends  of  the  posts,  in  order  to 
make  ceitain  and  safe  support  at  botli  ends  of  planking. 

It  will  be  ob-;"rved  that  the  lower  part  of  the  slide  is  not  as 
steep  as  the  upper.  This  may  be  varied  to  suit  particular 
cases.  It  is  designed  to  make  the  change  to  level  grout  d  less 
:  brupt.  Of  course,  when  ground  can  be  selected  which  has  a 
descending  grade,  as  is  almost  always  the  case,  just  so  much 


iHmmm. 


riiiwrri-HMBima 


fl 


63 


CONM  UrcTINt;     A     sl.lOK. 


Hi 

it  II 


^h 


o<  the  Hiructure  will   be  saved  as  is  miulo  up  l>v  tl.e  natural 
rise  of  the  grouiul. 

Tl.e  methmi  of  con.trucHon  in  very  cheap,  simple  an.i 
NtronK,  »H't  care  should  be  talien  that  the  braces  an.i  Hoor 
beams  and  posts  are  thoroi.Khlv  well  spike.l  together.  Uv 
boardnig  u|)  around  the  p„sts  of  the  lower  part  of  tlie  level 
pan  ot  the  platform,  a  large  room  will  be  atVorded,  at  a  sliglu 
additional  cost,  uhi.h  mav  be  kept  war.n,  if  desired.  a.,d 
afford  a  means  of  shelter  or  a  place  for  refresh.nenis,  as  well 
as  to  afford  a  ph-ee  for  (he  club  to  store  their  articles  under 
lock  and  ke)'. 

h^  ordinarilv  favorable  lo.alities  the  cost  ought  not  to  exceed 
*2SO.  which  is  a  liberal  estimate.  The  slide  built  u]X)n  the  Ice 
durn>g  the  carnival  In  Hurlington  in  the  winter  of  iS8^-'86 
not  .juite  hut  nearly  as  large  as  that  In  the  accompanying  plan.' 
cost  the  sum  of  $175  comi)lete. 

At  a  cost  of  $.50,  a  club  of  so  members,  subscribing  $c 
each  would  do  th.  work.  And  then  by  selling  special  privi- 
lege Iwdges,  or  tickets  to  visitors  not  members  of  the  club  at  a 
fixed  price  on  certain  days,  tl>e  ordinary  running  expenses 
could  be  met  without  further  assessment  of  members. 

It  is  not  absolutely  necessary  that  tliere  should  be  a  drag  on 
whlcl>  the  toboggans  are  drawn  up  to  the  top,  but  the^'  can  be 
drawn  up  the  stairs  without  anv  difficulty  whatever.  This  is 
of^en  done  in  order  to  reduce  the  cost  of  the  slide,  and  as  this 
is  frequently  quite  an  item,  it  is  worthy  of  mention. 

PACKING    A    cm-TE. 

Although  the  last  nail  may  have  becMi  driven  in 
the  stnicttiie,  and  the  la.st  brace  set,  the  work  upon  it 
IS  as  yet  only  half  (liiished,  for  now  comes  the  some- 
what  delicate  operation  of  "packing  the  chute"  with 
the  snow  that  under  proper  treatment  should  within 
a  few  hours  present  an  inibroken  glare  of  ice,  over 


l)v  the  natural 

p,  simple  and 
races  and  floor 

tojjether.  liy 
irt  of  the  level 
led,  at  a  sli|i;lit 
f  desired,  and 
inients,  as  well 

articles  inider 

I  not  l<>  exceed 
It  u|X)n  the  Ice 
er  of  iS85-'86, 
ipanving  plan, 

ubscribing  $5 
{  special  privi- 
'  the  club  at  a 
ling  expenses 
ibers. 

I  be  a  drag  on 
It  the^'  can  be 
ever.  This  is 
le,  and  as  this 
>n. 


CONS  llllt  riNO    A    SI.IDK.  6j 

wliicli  tlic-  toboijjraiis  mid  their  loadN  ^lioiiM  uisli 
witliotii  tlic  slij^luc'st  jar  or  roiijjlincss,  ()iil\  with 
fxpiiiencc  can  one  licconic  a  ^^ood  "  packcv,"  it  rc- 
quiriii},'  fXiH-riencc  to  know  just  how  lo  liank  np  the 
snosv  in  liie  riuite  so  tli.it  it  will  tVfczf  solidly,  and 
how  to  itp|)ly  the  water  so  that  it  will  fret'/e 
smoothly.  The  followin*,'  is  an  excellent  plan  lo  fol- 
low Cor  niakin<r  the  tonndation  of  a  slide:  Mix  saw- 
dust with  ahont  an  e<pial  amount  of  snow,  and  put 
down  as  a  tonndation  about  four  inches  of  tiiis 
mixture,  wettinj,'  it  a  little — not  enou«jh  to  make  it 
run,  however  -and  allow  it  to  freeze.  This  will 
make  the  ice  last  much  longer  in  thawinj;  weather 
than  to  put  the  ice  or  snow  directly  on  the  hed  of  the 
slide,  the  idea  being  that  the  sawdust  keeps  it  from 
melting  from  the  mider  side  at  all,  antl  besides,  it 
m  dves  such  a  smooth  surface.  An  addition  of  one- 
quarter  or  half  an  inch  of  snow  will  always  keep  the 
slide  in  good  shape,  and  it  will  last  all  winter  in  any 
ordinary  weather  by  takijig  fairly  good  care  of  it. 


11  driven  in 
ork  upon  it 
s  the  some- 
hute"  with 
Juki  within 
)f  ice,  over 


""-""— T'-l— I 


CIRCULAR   LETTER. 

Johnson,  Emerson  &  Co., 

I'rnpriclors  a  ul  Sole  Maiuifa'-tiirurs  in  ihc  I'nitcil  States  of 

The  "Siv  htint"  asi  "liigloi"  T%ii:, 

BURLINGTON,  VERMONT. 


I., I 


hasl  stMS(jn,  wliiih  was  t!ic  tirst  for  the  Toboyiian  rati  in  tliis  (.'ountry,  th*: 
hii.sim'ss,  l!i(ni;rh  eiuirc'ly  new  and  untried,  was,  all  Ihit  js  i  msiilered,  one  of  re- 
markable siieiH>s. 

It  was  not  very  well  known  tiiat  ihe  only  rtally  ijooil  form  of  tobojjgan  wari  pat- 
ented, and  many  inanuf.uturers,  enticed  by  the  cMplivatinjf  prospects  of  a  yood 
trade,  rushei!  into  the  business  and  put  their  various  ptoduets  upon  the  market. 
Hill,  however  various  tlic  desi(J^n>-,  each  aimed  to  pr;)duee  in  his  own  way  the  popu- 
nlar  .'■Af/ /'i7/>f^^';j,''(//^,  but  invariiiblv  Mxiti  found  himseit  plump  against  an  Jnfrinj^e- 
ment  of  th  -  Miar  PateUtH  and  had  to  tpiit  the  field. 

The  orig-inal  ("itar  Patent  \'as  taken  <Kit  in  Canada,  and  afterward  secured 
in  the  United  States,  It  is  the  "ground  patent" ;  the  lirst  one  ever  issued  oa  Tobop-- 
y:ans,  and  is  by  virtue  of  its  beini^  a  fir  t  pi}teiity  i^^iven  a  very  wide  application  by 
the  Oepartment,  as  aj^ain>t  all  clainjs  that  aim  t()  produce  the  same  results.  The 
Star  Patents  and  Ilii3;isteretl  IVade  Mark  i;ranled  by  the  United  States,  are  now  the 
exclusive  property  of  the  undc' siirne-i,  ami  all  infrir.,rements  will  be  vig'orously 
pro?-ecvdJcl.  The 'Mturlini>^top"  and  ''Hrjys'  Own'  Tol  (fans  are  also  jjatented 
and  names  registered. 

The  possession  of  these  Patents  and  Trade  Marks  gives  absolute  control  of  the 
otdv  [lopular  form  of  Tolioggan';,  and  we  are  therefore  in  a  position  to  give  the 
trade  every  ojjportuni!  v  for  a  good  business. 

Knowing  the  importance  of  encouraging  Clubs»  we  have  lithographed  a  work- 
ing |>lan  drawn  to  \  scale  of  the  most  approved  form  of  Slide,  together  with  sp-eci- 
fications  and  osii  n;.tei  itf  amount  and  cost  of  material  required  to  erect  the  same 
We  have  also  ,..  1  a  form  of  Hv-I- 1  ws,  or  Uules  and  Regulations,  for  organiz- 
ing and  m  m.'  ,ing  l        s  and  Slides. 

We  have  ilso'  ,  less  an  elegant  Chronio  Litnogiaph,  2j.xjS  inches,  designed 
!o  assist  in  the  uiUion  of  Clubs.  The  picturr  is  a  spirited  scene  ri  o.-e  of  the 
largest  Club  Sliaes  in  full  operation,  and  full  of  life  and  beauty;  many  of  'he  fig- 
ures are  iVom  actual  photographs  from  life,  and  show  the  handsome  costumes 
worn.  These  gay  rostumes  against  a  ground  of  tleeey  snow,  and  th  :  brilliant  ac- 
tion of  the  whole  (d'ture,  will  attract  instant  attention  wherever  e\l  jhited.  Sam- 
ple liliiograph  will  be  sent  to  any  address  by  A.  (i.  SPAI-.DIX(J  i&  BROS,  on  re- 
ceipt of  25  lents. 


kk 


Boy8'  Own"  Toboggans  vs.  Sleds. 


While  th;;  business  witli  Clubs  is  for  the  his/her  priced  Tobnjifirans,  it  is  very 
sure  lli;il  the  ;fre;it  i)0''ul;irity  of  our  llOYS' Own  Tonor.GANS  will  make  the  de- 
riiand  for  them  in  pi.ack  oi'  Sl.F.ns  very  lar(j;e,  and  a  supply  should  be  provided  for 
earlv  to  sei-ure  prompt  delivery.  We  h;i"^  made  preparations  for  a  lar{re  business, 
but  It  is  not  tmlikely  that  the  liOOM  UKiy  exceed  our  prepjiratioiis,  and  late  orders 
mny  be  diilioult  to  fill. 

We  have  arrani>ed  with  :ileii>nrN.  A.  tt.  MPALDIIVC*  &  BROIS..  <'f  2)1 
'Iroadway,  New  York,  and  loS  Madison  Street,  {'hicago,  for  the  exclusive  s.ile  of 
these  ToOO)fi{ans,  and  orders  from  dealers  should  be  sent  dirLCtto  them. 

Respectfully, 

JOHNSON,  EMERSON  A  CO., 

BnrlinKton « Varmonti 


8c  Co., 

I  States  o£ 


«T. 


in  tliis  tnuntry,  th*.* 
>nsi(lereii,  one  o£  re- 

of  toboj^gan  wari  pat- 
prospects  of  a  y^ood 
ts  upon  the  market, 
is  own  way  the  popu- 
against   an  infriny^e- 

ml  aftiTwartl  secured 
ever  issued  oi  Toliof'- 
wiile  aj)plication  by 
J  same  results.  The 
eil  States,  are  now  the 
i  will  he  vigorously 
IS    are    also    patented 

bsolute  control  of  the 
lu"is.ition   to   givt:   the 

lithographed  a  work- 
',  together  with  sjieci- 
red  to  erect  the  same 
;ulations,  for  organiE- 

txjS  inches,  designed 
scene  rZ  o.'c  of  the 

iity;  many  of  'he  fit^- 
handsonie  costumes 
and  th:  brilliant  ac- 

ver  exhibited.     Sam- 

\U;  *  BROS,  on  re- 


B.  Sleds. 

'ohojifirans,  it  is  very 
s  will  make  tlie  de- 
loiild  be  provided  for 
for  a  iarffe  business, 
ions,  and  late  orders 

•I  &  BROS.,  of  ^41 

the  exclusive  sale  of 
ctto  them. 

AGO., 

:toii«V«rmont. 


•Star  Patent"  Toboggans. 


Bri.fly«'?r,i;;'ir  S'^.^L'^'^t-  """I-^rTT'^"  =*  goodTobo^ean. anyhow?-. 
..ess,  combined  with  s  rc^,  X  Zeed  ■  mfl,Vh7n°H«*''*''' h  Vi''''-"  ^f  "'="<^y. '"  »!'rinKi- 
.nf;  to,  and  recoverinif  fr  m   con  let  wWh   fn  '  '"«''  "'*  V-^'^^  °'  1'"'^'*'y  yi<='lJ- 

under  ffreat  speed.  '  ''^"'*  """''"  surfaces  of  ice  and  snow,  when 

t..e  '^ty^l!!Zi::^f^^;^,^;;:!^^:;^l^^^  and  permit 

broken  w.-.s  wl,"  Iv  Josf  II  n.  '"''Ptfe:-'"  could  not  "stand  the  racket  "ai'id  once 
wh.ch  permits  »  bJ^'^'.-aJt'to"  be':;erov^edrdrept::;^b^;V!.:;^^  '■"""^•^  '"' 

SPECIAL    NOTICE. 

fact:;erTof  \he^;rr„"  *  C"      '^,r|.^^^^^  .„«   sole  pronrietors  and  n,a,m- 

larly,  in  anv  f.>,  u.  I.,  lessen  the  frS,n,lTnif°.*-'*^''".^  '.T"'"  "'^  '*''"*'•  ''"''  I'^'icn- 
.nakin;.  orUealin^  in  TcZt.'1'an    wi  rshtt^  f^^^^^^  "''  ''''"'-'^  "'^" 

-. -t.ce  is  «ive„  that  all  su^?^;^^:!-;;^;-fi'^--s-  '^1^:1^:1?^ 

■IobiI;^l;^tJSi;^'{l^S;;er:i:''l^';^Ld!^"""'f  in  shaped,  slat  or  furrowed 
ALSO  TAKE    NOTICE. 

Jn".!' Vtf us?V:;";fnr".V    T^  ;;Xdr  "-?  r  U"'"=?  states  ...er.  paten, 
hi^^,ited  by_,aw,an.l^,_^^Uf'm^^r^^^^  hVp'roSedr^""  """"="  ''  ''"'- 

A  6  foot  Star  Toboggan  weighs  only  iTlb^  and  isa^narvelTrstrength 

5V,  v«»xvAuu.  841  Broaawny,  JJBW  TORS. 


t; 


w 


]  M 


"STAR  PATENT"  TOBOGGANS. 


The  "Star  Patent"  Toboggan  has  been  from  the  first  the  acknoweilgeJ  stand- 
ard, simply  because  it  is  constructed  with  an  understanding  of  the  requirements. 
The  essential  features  of  the  oricinal  patent  (the  first  patent  ever  issued  on  Tohotj- 
gans)  were,  a  1  obo^gan  made  of  slats,  and  the  slats  shaped  to  lessen  the  frictional 
surface  The  old  Indian  form  was  perfectly  flat  on  the  hearing  surface,  formed  of 
one  or  two  pieces  of  thin  wood,  and  besides  lacking  the  requisite  strength  and 
lateral  resiliencv,  it  offered  the  greatest  resistance,  or  frictional  snrface  to  the 
snow.    This  is  (rue  of  all  flat  Toboggans. 

We  ask  especial  attention  to  the  new  method  of  adjusting  the  side  rails,  which 
is  patented. 


No.  O.  THE  "STAR"  EXPERT. 

with  Patent  Steel  Shoe. 

This  quality,  which  is  our  best,  is  made  in  two  sizes  only.  The  Toboggan  is 
made  of  rock  maple,  of  selected,  kiln  dried  material,  highly  finished.  It  consists 
of  seven  slats,  oval  shape  on  the  bearing  surface,  three  of  whichare  slightly  thicker 
than  the  others,  and  these  arc  provided  with  a  patent  steel  shoe. 

The  shoe  is  of  steel,  and  by  an  ingenious  invention  requiring  special  michin- 
ery,  tlangcs  are  turned  into  the  wood  in  such  a  way  that  no  bolls,  screws  or  rivet.s 
are  used  anywhere  along  the  bearing  surface,  and  makes  the  most  perfect  thi  g  of 
the  kind  ever  invented. 


PRICE  LIST. 

7  feet  long,  iS  inches  wide,  each $12  uo 

6    "     •'      18    "  "       "     1000 


No.  I.    THE  "STAR"  STANDARD 

Is  made  of  rock  maple  of  kiln-dried  and  selected  material,  and  is  thoroughly  firsl- 
class  in  every  respect.  The  first  four  sizes  composed  of  se*  n  slats,  and  put  to- 
gether in  the  same  manner  as  llie  "  Expert ";  also  oval  shape  three  of  which  are 
thicker  than  t  ;e  others,  trimmings  nickel  plated  or  polished  brass. 

5  feet  long,  18  in.   wide,  e.ach $S  50    |    s  f^-'t  long,  iS     in.   wide,  each... $5  Jo 

7    "      "       iS  "        ••  "    7  50        4    "        "      1^14"        "         "    ...    400 

6  "      •'       IS  "        •'  "   ft  50    I 

A.  G.  SPAU>INO  &  BROS.. 

108  Liadlson  Street,  CHICAOO.  941  Broadway,  NEW  TOBX. 


\ 


-(< 
3 

10 


(ij 


^ 


DGGANS. 


e  acknoweilged  stnnd- 
;  of  the  requirements, 
ever  issued  on  Tobotj- 
to  lessen  the  frictional 
■inij  surfiicc,  fornu'd  of 
equisite  strength  and 
ctioniil   snrfacc  to  the 

ig  the  side  rails,  which 


PERT. 


nly.  The  Toboggiin  is 
fini<-hed.  It  consists 
lichitre  slightly  thicker 

I.  SHOE. 

uirinK  speciiil  michin- 
bolls,  screws  or  rivets 
:  most  perfect  thi  g  of 


.$12  oo 
,.  lo  Oo 


«DARO 

ind  is  thoroughly  first- 
e-  n  slats,  and  put  to- 
C'  three  of  which  arc 
brass. 


in.  wide,  each. 


.   400 


idway,  NEW  TOBX. 


Ho.  2.    THE  "STAR"  SPECIAL 

S  feet  long,  iS     in.   wide,  each.  ..$;  oo 


S  feet  long,  is  in.   wide,  each. . .  .»io  oo 

«  "    "    is"     "      ;;  ;;;:  g^ 


No.  3.  THE  "BURLINGTON"  TOBOGGAN. 


trill 

7  feet  long,  iS  inches  wide,  each 

'•    "      "       IS    ■•  •'    '   ..      $S  so 

5    "     "      iS    "  "       >«     4  JO 

3  SO 


No.  4.  THE  BOY'S  OWN. 


m„drrf's'i,ii:^';?owe:Cr'.';,f  g?.^'i%SdT«o:i  rc!ii^'%^T'"'"i  '^'''"'«''"-  »«- 

patent  slotted  rave  or  sde   ,  lU;  .ml   has  h.    om,    v     •■*"'' ''^'•.""Kly  '"-Kle   with  the 
'ightness,add  will  be  a  C,.;,st'„a"s  Pa^iEiV^inost  SLsi?^^^  ""^'^''''^  «"'' 

«....*   t __      « 


4  feet  long,  each 

J    <•      11        II         

108  Madison  Btreetfc^cfS.^^"™**  ^  S?^^",. 

.     <xxuAuu.  841  Broadway,  NEW  TOXX 


,$J  JO 

.     2  OO 


TOBOCCAN  UNIFORMS. 

BUkNKET  SUITS. 

■         LA     l''^    ' 

**'■-     iII''"'"t«    'ir^^  Complete,  i-onsistin^  of  Cont,  Knee  Tants, 

A'^  rt  Toque  (or   Knit  Cap),  Stockings    and  Soiks, 

Sash  and  Moccasins. 

'  •■  "•  Each. 

Hfltp- — ,„/, 'CS^SitSk  No.  I.    Best  Quality $iS  oo 

W  koo^k.  No.a.    3d  " ",°" 

JlhimV    "  *.X-Sk  N0.3.    3d  "      >*>«> 

"    "^^        V  BLANKET  OOATfl. 

UjllK  3Bfm,       )  Each. 

n  I ! 'Mi  ^l^Ja^  '     /   No.  I.    Best  Quality $>.1  5" 

"/JHtfrfOBSfV    y     N0.2.    ad  "       """ 

I/My  W^^^y       ^°'^'  ^^       "     ^°° 

ll!W\.^^i^  BUIMKET  PAMTS. 

«»i»#nr#»4  No.  I.    BestUu.ility $650 

No.  »,    ad  "      5™ 

No.  .3.    3<i  "       ♦'» 

f//,  A^  A  TOQUES  (or  Knit  Caps). 

„,    ^^.,  No.  I.  Best  Quality $»  <» 

'w  l^a  W  No.  2.  2d  "       '5° 

////vMvi  No.  V  31I  "        "" 

£^J\  No.  4.  4th  "        SO 

"^g-r:^-^  SASHES. 

,,  ,    .    «  No.  I.    Best  Quality *' <» 

^ai^  .  .^  No.  2.    2d  '•       '5° 

No.  3.    3d  "        '°° 

BTOOKINOS. 

^No.  I.    Best  Quality  Hose *'  So)  j,  ^ 

No.  la.      "         "        Socks > VS  ) 

No.s.    ad  "       Hose •  00  /     ,  j^ 

No.aa.  "  "        Socks So  | 

N0.3.    3d  "        Hose 75  (.     ,00 

No.3i.  •'  "        Socks sot 

Note.— In  Tofc-ogganing  a  pair  ol  long  Stockings  are  worn  with  a  pair  of  short 
Socks  which  are  roUtfd  over  the  Moccasn. 

MOOCASmS. 

No.  I.    Best  Quality *' So 

We  can  furnish  our  best  quality  of  suits  in  the  following  colors:  Bhick  and 

Orange,  Blue  and  Red,  Gray  and  Blue,  Gray  and   Bed,  fawn  and   Bed,  Cardinal 

and  Black,  While  and  Red,  White  and   Blue.      In  our  Second  and   Third  qua  ity 

we  can  furnish  Gray  and  Itluc,  Red  and  Hlack,  White  and  Blue,  White  nd  Red. 
Clubs  desiring  special  club  colors  i.i.n,   ly  ordering  m  sufficient  quantities,  have 

special  colors  mule  10  order.  ,        i.,.    u  j      »  .u    i,i..„i,»> 

NoTE.-Thc  color  mentioned  first  denotes  the  color  of  the  body  of  the  blanket, 

»nd  the  second  mention,  d  color  is  the  stripe;  as  in  case  of  Blue  and  Red— Blue  is 

the  principal  color,  and  the  siripe  is  Red. 

A.  O.  SPALDING  &  BROS.. 

108  Madison  Street,  CHICAGO.  341  Broadway,  NBW  YORK. 


RMS. 

[TITS. 

Cont,  Knee  Pants, 
ings    and  Soiks, 

Eacb. 

$jS  00 

, 2i  on 

iS  oo 

OATft. 

Each. 

$1.1  5" 

lo  oo 

S  00 

ANTS. 

, $6  50 

5<» 

4  00 

it  Caps). 

$1  00 

'  50 

I  00 

5° 

5. 

$2  00 

•  50 

... , I  00 

*'  sol  $,01 

::::::: '^1  -s" 
:::::::  Pi  ■- 

with  a  pair  of  short 

$3  5° 

r  colors:  Bhick  and 
and  Kfd,  Cardinal 
and  Third  quality 

e.  While    nd  Rud. 

icnt  quantities,  have 

)ody  of  the  blanket, 
lie  and  Red— Blue  is 


wav,  NEW  TOSK. 


PUBLIC  TOBOGGAN  SLIDE  AND  ICE  SKATING  PARK, 

AT  CHICAGO  BASE  BALL  PARK, 

OOKNKK    THKOOP^AMD^HABRISON    BTBEixS. 

wi.,t'!;5;^p;.!fpT.°hte"o.^"t'c:rnl;rrr™ffli,^ 

»i.oo;  20  Tickets,  $3  50;  Season  Tickets" $5  ol,'     ^''■"''«'""  '"  Hark,  2Sc. ;  5  Tic'kets 
nndlven."!}?"'  '''"'  "'"  "'  '"    '^'"'    "  ^'«'^'-   '-^hU.  and  will  he  open  day 


ID 


No.  4     Snowshoes,  size,  10^^x36  Inches  , 
fj°-45i  "     ii>^x36      " 

No.  6  "  ^  • 

Racing  « 


size,  1 1^^x36 


One  of  the  favorite  win- 
ter sports  of  the  Canadians 
is  Snowshoeing.  The  ap. 
pended  cut  illustrates  the 
manner  in  which  they  are 
used.  We  are  prepared  to 
furnish  customers  with 
Snowshoes,  which  for 
lightness  and  excellence 
of  workmanship,  cannot 
be  equaled  by  other  man- 
ufacturers. 

Price 
Per  pair. 

$4  00 

5  00 

6  00 

7  CO 

5  00 


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No.  I.     Spalding's    Peerless    Club,   Lever   Clamp,   best 

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FOR  LADIES. 


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tki.iit  wiiluiHi-  ■  cji  111   .ruction. 

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A'o.  1.  Si'Al^DIKa^  -"tCIAL  BASH  BALt,  QUIDE.- The  slamlaril 
authority  on  I; —  'aP,  ami  onlv  complete  llase  Hall  liuide  pub- 
lished. Contains  olt.cial  playinir  rules,  and  records  of  all  cham- 
pionship ^ain.s  the  champio'ship  records  of  the  Northwestern 
League,  hist  rn  Le;(fue,  Union  .\ssociation  ami  College  Associa- 
tion  $      10 

No.      a.     SPAIiDINQ'SOFFIOIAI.  LEAQUB  BOOK.— Containinir  the  only 

otiicial  aver.i^es  and  1-ea^ue  in.itter,  as  furnished  by  the  Secretary 

of  Nation  il  I.eaeue lo 

No.  3.  SPALDtNO'S  ILLUSTRATED  HAND  BOOK  OF  PITCHINQ 
AND  FIELDING.— .\  work  containing  instructive  chapters  on  all 
the  litest  points  of  [ilayinif  in  Base  U.ill  IMlchintf,  includinif  curve 
pitchinif,  special  del  ve  y,  strategy,  headwork.  speed,  throwinif, 
balkinif,  etc.,  with  new  rules  f  ir  pitching  and  fielding,  and  catch- 
inifthehall 25 

No.  4.  SPALD-NO'S  ILLUSTBATBD  HAND  BOOK  OF  BATTINa 
AND  BASE  BUNNINa.—Containmg  special  chapters  and  illus- 
trations on  scienlillc  batting,  position,  placing;  the  ball,  sacrilice 
hitlinir,  home  run.,  base  hits,  new  baiting  rules,  Ihcart  of  running 
the  b.mes,  '  tc.     The  onlv  book  of  the  kind  published 3$ 

No.  7.  SPVLDINO'a  ILliUSTaATBO  FOOT  BAt.L  HI7LB3  AND 
BEFBBEES'  BOOK. -Authorized  and  adopted  by  the  American 
In  er-L'oll  vriue  Asso^-iition     10 

No.  8.  SPALDINS'S  LAWN  TENNIS  KANtJAL.— (Illustrated  )  Con- 
tiiniu'j  full  instructions  in  the  |K)pular  irame  of  lyiwn  Tennis. 
Illustrated  articl  9  for  beginners,  and  the  new  rules  of  the  National 
hawn  Tennis  Association 10 

No.  e.  SPALDINQS  MANUAL  OF  ROLLER  SKATINQ.— Containing 
over  fifty  illustr.itions,  showing  each  inovemciit,  iind  has  more  in- 
formation on  the  subject  than  nil  other  hocks  comhincd,  including 
a  list  of  ioocom'iination  figures,  rink  rules,  programme  fur  skating 
eontrst  ,  I'oio  rules,  etc 2^ 

No.  10.  SPALDINS'a  <  FFIOIAL  CROQUET  If  ANUAL.— Containing  a 
history  of  tlie  game,  with  full  instructions  for  proper  and  scienlirte 
use  of  tlij  hill  and  mallet,  as  practiced  by  skilled  plavcrs;  also  the 
"Aineri -an  links  <)f  l.oo^e  and  Tight  Croquet,"  as  .-idopted  by  the 
Nat  onal  t.'nMpiet  Congress.     Fully  illustratetl 10 

No.  11.    8PAL  DINO'S  M AN  U AL  OF  BOXINO,  INDIAN  OLUB  B WINS 
INQ,   AND    MANLT  SPORTS.— The   most   practical   instruction 
book  ever   published;  contains  over   350  illustr.ations  on  Boxing, 
Wrestling,  Fencing,  Clul)    Swinging,   On  nb  Bell   and   Gymnastic 
lixercises.  Athletic  Sports,  Swimming,  I  tc 25 

No.  13.  SPALDINO'S  HAND  BOOK  OF  SPORTINQ  RULES  AND 
TBAININQ.— We  have  collected  together  the  nilesof  all  sports 
iracliced  in  the  civilized  portions  of  the  world  which  are  published, 
together  with  articles  on  the  various  methods  of  traininir 35 

No.  14.  PRACTICAL  QYMNASTIOS  WITHOUT  A  TEACHER— For 
the  scIuxjI  room,  the  iilay  gnaind,  an.l  the  individual.  I'rof.  War- 
m:<n,  the  author  has  lieen  eminently  successful  in  all  parts  of  the 
country  in  teaching  his  most  valuable  of  all  systems  of  physical 
trainiu','  for  tlie  symmetrical  develop  nent  of  tho'body.  This'little 
manual  is  the  rtrsult  of  his  years  of  experience 50 

No.   16.     THE  TOBOOOAN.      A  new  book  just  out  contain*  much   interest- 
ing matter  on  Tobogganing,  including  plans  and  specifications  for 
build'ng  Slid  s,  llvHaws,  etc.,  for  organizing  Cluhs,  and   Rules 
for  Governing  Slides , ,,        25 


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